Ben Jervey

Mini-Nuclear Reactors: A Cheaper, Risk-Free Solution?

Mini-Nuclear Reactors: A Cheaper, Risk-Free Solution?

Could small, modular nuclear reactors really be a clean, affordable, and safe energy solution?

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In Face of Historic Drought, Texas Governor Ignores Science, Calls for "Days of Prayer"

In Face of Historic Drought, Texas Governor Ignores Science, Calls for "Days of Prayer"

We too are hoping and praying for the drought to end in Texas. But we better listen to science, too.

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The Waterless City

The Waterless City

Marveling at our massive systems of aqueducts—can L.A. ever get water from local sources?

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The Dirty Money in Your Senator's Pocket

The Dirty Money in Your Senator's Pocket

Click and see how much dirty energy money your elected officials are receiving. Compare it to how many kids with asthma they represent.

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Earth Day Meets Good Friday

Earth Day meets Good Friday: confess your eco-sins.  

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Young? Need a Job? Join the Briefcase Brigades

Young? Need a Job? Join the Briefcase Brigades

If you're out of work and want Washington to focus on creating jobs and not budget cuts, join a Briefcase Brigade next Wednesday.

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Earth Day From Above: NASA Satellites' Greatest Images of This Blue Marble

Earth Day From Above: NASA Satellites' Greatest Images of This Blue Marble

Put the planet in perspective this Earth Day with these mesmerizing images from NASA satellites.

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Climategate, Fact Checked

Climategate, Fact Checked

This amazing video shows the long, arduous process of fact-checking reporter Kate Sheppard's new feature on the Climategate scandal.

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Scenes from the Fukushima Exclusion Zone

Scenes from the Fukushima Exclusion Zone

Take a trip with photographer Donald Weber inside Fukushima's exclusion zone.

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The Dirty Energy Powering Your Web-Based Life

The Dirty Energy Powering Your Web-Based Life

A new Greenpeace report show just how much energy it takes to run our internet lives.

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The Big Melt: Watch Alaska's Coastline Collapse Into the Sea

The Big Melt: Watch Alaska's Coastline Collapse Into the Sea

Time lapse footage from National Geographic shows the incredible shrinking Alaskan coastline.

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The Deepwater Horizon Anniversary Coverage Needs Some Perspective

The Deepwater Horizon Anniversary Coverage Needs Some Perspective

America would have burned through the 4.9 million barrels that spilled into the Gulf in a little more than six hours.

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Holes in the Bottom of the Ocean

There are currently over 3,200 "active" oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico that are abandoned, unplugged, and unmonitored, due to a quirk in...

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"Chicago Six" Take Two Windy City Coal Plants

"Chicago Six" Take Two Windy City Coal Plants

Direct action against polluters seems to be gaining momentum.

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Curse This Date

Curse this date: A natural gas well in Pennsylvania has blown and is currently leaking tens of thousands of gallons of "frack fluid."

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Nothing's Changed

Representative Ed Markey on why, one year after the Deepwater Horizon, offshore drilling is no safer.

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Remembering the Deepwater Horizon Victims One Year Later

Remembering the Deepwater Horizon Victims One Year Later

Take a long moment today to think of the eleven Deepwater Horizon workers who lost their lives a year ago today.

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Remembrance and Honor

Remembrance and Honor: A memorial to the eleven workers who lost their lives in the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, a year ago today.

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One Year Later, Deepwater Horizon by the Numbers

One Year Later, Deepwater Horizon by the Numbers

The numbers tell the story of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy and the nation's worst ever oil spill that resulted.

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It Looks Like the Supreme Court Is Going to Throw Out the Biggest Climate Change Case Ever

It Looks Like the Supreme Court Is Going to Throw Out the Biggest Climate Change Case Ever

This morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what is quite possibly the biggest global warming-related case in the Court's history....

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