China Slashes Coal Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the Second Year in a Row
China is continuing to drag itself off coal—the dirty energy source that has made it the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter. Figures published Sunday night by China's National Bureau of Statistics...
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These Cities Are Falling Behind in the Fight Against Climate Change
The headline negotiations during the Paris climate summit in December were between national governments: What would China, the United States, and other big emitters be willing to do? But just outside...
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This New Solar Cell Is 50 Times Thinner Than a Human Hair
This is really cool: Big brains at MIT recently announced they have created the world's thinnest and lightest solar cell—so light it can sit atop a soap bubble without breaking it. The world-first...
View ArticleThe Doctor and the Mom Who Helped Expose the Flint Crisis Just Won a Major Award
Two women profiled by Mother Jones for helping to expose the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, will receive awards from the prominent free speech and literary group PEN America. The organization...
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The US Solar Market Is Growing Ridiculously Fast
At the end of 2015, the solar industry experienced something of a Christmas miracle when Congress unexpectedly extended a package of vital tax credits for renewable energy that were set to expire....
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Here's How to Trick Your Brain Into Eating Better
Trying to shed a few pounds? Forget the fad diets, says food psychologist Brian Wansink. Instead, he recommends following his scientifically proven advice: If you serve yourself dinner on a small plate...
View ArticleWhy Are So Many Women Getting Unnecessary Mastectomies?
Many American women with breast cancer undergo a mastectomy to remove the affected breast, but a growing number are opting to remove the noncancerous breast, too—a surgery known as contralateral...
View ArticleClinton Says She'll "Put a Lot of Coal Companies and Coal Miners Out of...
Just one day after Hillary Clinton issued a lengthy apology for a controversial comment she made about Nancy Reagan's contribution to the fight against AIDS, the Democratic front-runner made another...
View ArticleSeaWorld Announces It Will Finally Stop Breeding Killer Whales
On Thursday, SeaWorld announced it is ending its controversial killer whale breeding program this year. The move, which was announced in partnership with the Humane Society of the United States,...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Really Regrets Saying She’d Put Coal Miners Out of Work
Last weekend, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton made an unexpectedly strong statement about her intentions for coal country. As I reported:Speaking in Ohio about her plans to...
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Stop Using Science to Justify Your Boozing
Reddit, via GiphyDrinking a little bit of alcohol is good for you, right? That, at least, is the conventional wisdom lurking in the back of your mind as you nurse your second glass of wine on a Tuesday...
View ArticleDonald Trump Is "Not a Big Believer" in Climate Change
On Monday the Washington Post editorial board published a full transcript of its meeting with Donald Trump. It's worth reading in full, if only because reading Trump's unedited words, as opposed to...
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We've Barely Begun to Tap the Sun’s Mighty Power
It seems like every few weeks there's some new measurement of how successful solar power is in the United States. In early March, industry analysts found that solar is poised for its biggest year ever,...
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The Feds Just Issued an Earthshaking Report About Fracking
Oklahomans have always had to deal with tornadoes, wildfires, and ice storms. But now residents of the Sooner State are facing a new threat: damaging earthquakes.For the first time, the US Geological...
View ArticleScott Baio Has Important Thoughts About Science
You may remember Scott Baio from sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi, as well as the classic Charles in Charge. A few weeks ago, Baio endorsed Donald Trump to be America's next...
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Here’s Something Else Donald Trump Is Totally Wrong About
The only way to stop climate change is to drastically reduce, and ultimately eliminate, greenhouse gas emissions. If you want to know how well we're doing on that goal, a good place to start is the...
View ArticleWhat the Lunch Ladies Didn't Tell You
Cast your mind back to your high school cafeteria, and recall that feeling of having a tray full of tater tots, greyish Salisbury steak, and lime Jello and trying to find a friendly place to sit....
View ArticleThe World’s Largest Coal Company Just Filed for Bankruptcy
These are truly dark days for coal. The year started off badly for the industry when Arch Coal, the second-biggest coal producer in the United States, filed for bankruptcy. That announcement was...
View ArticleThis Video From the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Is Absolutely Nuts. A...
Last night, a group of activists protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline were met by law enforcement and pipeline security agents, and the situation quickly spiraled out of hand. As Mother Jones' Wes...
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