What do oil companies, ultraconservative think tanks, and billionaires agree on regarding global warming? Perhaps that it is propaganda, pseudoscience, or a hoax? Or perhaps something more paradoxical: that they have found its solution. For dec...
Many Americans take clean air for granted, but it is the product of detailed federal regulations that weigh the economic costs of reducing pollution against the benefits of cleaner air to human health. Recently, however, the Environmental Protection ...
It’s easy to assume that air pollution is a relic of America’s industrial past: a phenomenon that belonged to the age of steel mills and smog-choked skylines. But drive through the petrochemical corridor of Louisiana, or the refinery-lined neighb...
The environmental movement in the United States has a problem. From rooftop gardens to central parks, cities across the country have been putting the green into green spaces. In fact, cities like New York have committed upwards of $130 mi...
The environmental movement in the United States has a problem. From rooftop gardens to central parks, cities across the country have been putting the green into green spaces. In fact, cities like New York have committed upwards of $130 mi...
In the 1990s, the tobacco industry faced prosecution under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) when it covered up evidence showing cigarettes to be addictive and carcinogenic. The RICO Act focuses predominately on racketeeri...
In the 1990s, the tobacco industry faced prosecution under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) when it covered up evidence showing cigarettes to be addictive and carcinogenic. The RICO Act focuses predominately on racketeeri...
There’s something strange happening in a small California town called Montecito. This luxurious, beachside suburb of LA, home to celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Rob Lowe, is a spot of bright green in an overwhelmingly brown state. Every morning,...
There’s something strange happening in a small California town called Montecito. This luxurious, beachside suburb of LA, home to celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Rob Lowe, is a spot of bright green in an overwhelmingly brown state. Every morning,...
In a nation where 75 percent of processed food contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Vermont reignited an already contentious debate in May of last year when it passed a law requiring mandatory GMO labeling. While other states, including Ma...
In a nation where 75 percent of processed food contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Vermont reignited an already contentious debate in May of last year when it passed a law requiring mandatory GMO labeling. While other states, including Ma...
We cannot afford to lose another decade,” warned the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in April 2014, explaining how critical it is for countries around the globe to seriously consider efforts to reduce the effects of climat...
We cannot afford to lose another decade,” warned the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in April 2014, explaining how critical it is for countries around the globe to seriously consider efforts to reduce the effects of climat...
January 1st, 2015 has been on every American egg farmer’s mind since 2008. On that date, California’s landmark Proposition 2, officially titled “Standards for Confining Farm Animals,” took full effect after seven years of political turmoil. T...
January 1st, 2015 has been on every American egg farmer’s mind since 2008. On that date, California’s landmark Proposition 2, officially titled “Standards for Confining Farm Animals,” took full effect after seven years of political turmoil. T...
“I’m not a scientist.” Such was the key 2014 Republican talking point on climate change for both potential candidates and GOP party leaders, including Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In order to shield themselve...
“I’m not a scientist.” Such was the key 2014 Republican talking point on climate change for both potential candidates and GOP party leaders, including Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In order to shield themselve...
Since Sputnik kicked off the space race, humans have steadily littered Earth’s orbit with derelict satellites, spent rocket stages and bits of space projects gone awry. Burgeoning space industries, private and public, only continue to add to the ev...
Since Sputnik kicked off the space race, humans have steadily littered Earth’s orbit with derelict satellites, spent rocket stages and bits of space projects gone awry. Burgeoning space industries, private and public, only continue to add to the ev...
South Dakota might have one Washington on Mount Rushmore, but North Dakota has pockets lined with Benjamins. The state is experiencing an unprecedented period of economic growth and prosperity due to its booming oil industry — big enough to produce...
South Dakota might have one Washington on Mount Rushmore, but North Dakota has pockets lined with Benjamins. The state is experiencing an unprecedented period of economic growth and prosperity due to its booming oil industry — big enough to produce...
Roger Cohen wrote a recent op-ed in the New York Times lamenting what he referred to in the title of his column as “The Great Unraveling.” Mr. Cohen’s language conveyed an even more dire tone as he verged into the dystopian, structuring his col...
Roger Cohen wrote a recent op-ed in the New York Times lamenting what he referred to in the title of his column as “The Great Unraveling.” Mr. Cohen’s language conveyed an even more dire tone as he verged into the dystopian, structuring his col...
Rick Perry, Republican governor of Texas and former candidate for the United States presidency, speaking about regulation on oil and gas exploration, stated: “I don’t believe we have the settled science by any sense of the imagination to stop tha...
Rick Perry, Republican governor of Texas and former candidate for the United States presidency, speaking about regulation on oil and gas exploration, stated: “I don’t believe we have the settled science by any sense of the imagination to stop tha...
It is abundantly clear to anyone visiting California this year that the state is in the midst of a catastrophe. The Central Valley is filled with parched fields; Northern California is wracked with fires; and the Sierras — the source of vital snow...
It is abundantly clear to anyone visiting California this year that the state is in the midst of a catastrophe. The Central Valley is filled with parched fields; Northern California is wracked with fires; and the Sierras — the source of vital snow...