When did the Earth start heating up? The answer may lie with a bunch of Caribbean sponges.
“He (or she) has got a mind like a sponge,” goes the saying about people with a quick grasp…
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Tut-tut, Taylor. How star’s jet-propelled rush to smooch with Travis will cost the Earth dearly.
Much of last week, the internet and its various variants were buzzing with a burning question: Would Taylor Swift…
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Yes, 70 years ago, the oil and auto industries knew all about CO2. And then covered it up.
Guess who were major funders of the pioneering 1950s research that established the dangers of pollution in warming the…
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These Enslaved women hid rice in their hair. Now it could Aid a climate-threatened world.
It’s not a well-known fact, but the Dutch, who had established a settlement in North America in the early…
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Call it the People’s Republic of Renewables. You will be astounded by China’s green revolution.
The usual cry is that China is the most polluting nation in the world (which it is). People cannot…
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Surprise! Under pressure, Big Oil digs up the tawdry 50-year-old tactics of Big Tobacco.
Remember the Tobacco Institute, the lobbying group for the smoking industry that, 50 years or so ago, claimed that…
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The latest campus trend? Beer pong is out, replaced by newfangled heating and cooling.
If you have, or had, kids at college — and you aren’t rich enough for it not to matter…
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Well, bless my CB radio — truck drivers are 10-2 (‘receiving well’) when it comes to eVs
The image of commercial truck and van drivers is that of gritty folks who are not much in favor…
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Think fiery oil-company AGMs are a long way off? Well, The flare-ups have already started.
The first volleys have been fired in what has become an annual series of skirmishes between environmental activists and…
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Calling all high-mileage honchos: Please ditch your dirty gas-guzzlers and adopt an EV
How much do you drive a year? If you’re the average American motorist with a fossil-fueled car, it’s about…
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This supercool car Ain’t so Fab when it’s freezing
Yes, Teslas TSLA 0.00%↑ are cool cars. Stylish. Good for the environment. Quiet. Neck-snapping acceleration. Except when the environment…
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It seems like these two fossil fuel-gushing nations like being bad boys. Here’s how…
Surprise! At last two fossil fuel-producing nations who signed on to the COP28 agreement have started behaving badly. First…
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It’s the only island in the world to go 100% renewable for a month. Here’s how they did it.
If you’ve ever been to Spain’s Canary Islands — which lie off the African coast near southern Morocco —…
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Enjoying that strawberry? How climate change is taking a horrifying toll on farm workers
If you travel up the Pacific Coast Highway from Los Angeles towards Santa Barbara, the surrounding hills suddenly fall…
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The Future of the Colorado River Hinges on One Young Negotiator
This story was originally published by ProPublica. John Brooks Hamby was 9 years old the last time a group…
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The Gasoline Cars (And EVs) The US Government Doesn’t Want You to Buy
Because U.S. annual greenhouse gas emissions are so massive and made up largely by vehicle pollution, even small changes…
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How the Climate Crisis Could Ruin America’s Favorite Holiday Foods
Close to 200 million people are likely to experience worsening food insecurity in a world with average temperatures 2…
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Unusual 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends, Breaks Modern Record
This year’s Atlantic hurricane season was unusual even for an El Niño year. The oceanic phenomenon, which can have…
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Crazy-interesting stuff: There’s a big difference between how much we drive our EVs compared to Our gas-guzzlers
Here’s an fascinating, if somewhat troubling, statistic: According to researchers at George Washington University and the National Renewable Energy…
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Don’t be a Grinch: Why you should be happy they’re selling Christmas trees in your Nabe
If you walk the streets of New York and other cities at this time of year, you see them…
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In the torture that is parking in New York City, some sunny panels of pleasure are set to arrive
If you live in Manhattan you’ll know that parking is a perennial problem, with drivers sometimes circling blocks for…
