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Environment
How Close Do You Live to Toxic Coal Emissions?
A new interactive map from the Sierra Club lets you see just how close you and your loved ones live to the toxic emissions from coal-burning plants.
Environment
One Big Benefit of the Clean Air Act: Longer Lives
Over the past three decades, American life expectancy has increased by more than two and a half years. The majority of that improvement is...
Culture
People Are Awesome: Pro Surfer Risks His Life to Rescue Woman Swept Into the Pacific
A serendipitous series of events led to James Pribram being in the right place at the right time, allowing him to save drowning Maira Khan's life.
Environment
Three Exxon Valdez's Worth of Oil and Gas Spill Every Year in the U.S.
Most oil and gas spills don't make headlines, but they're happening every day around the country, and they're ruining lives.
Environment
Chinese Village Fights Government and Chemical Industry, and Wins!
In China's industrial heartland, villagers stood up against runaway pollution, the chemical industry, and the government. And won.
Environment
Interactive Chart: Deaths per TWh by Energy Source
Coal is the most lethal energy source, while natural gas and nuclear stack up relatively well.
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes: Bug Farming for Food, an Animated Introduction
What will it take to persuade Westerners to dial back our burger addiction in favor of bug farming? This new video animates our dilemma.
Environment
Toxic 100: Meet the Country's Worst Air Polluters
An index and ranking of companies based on the chronic human health risk they create.
Technology
Got E-Waste? Target, RadioShack Will Buy Your Old iPhone
Target and RadioShack are buying old gadgets, making it all the easier to keep e-waste out of landfills.
Culture
What to Know Before You Freak Out About the Reusable Bag Lead Problem
Here's why you should be skeptical of the study that's telling you to scrap your lead-tainted reusable bags.
Lifestyle
Undercover Fish Testing Reveals Mercury at Three Times Federal Limits
Scary new data show fish in California grocery stores have high levels of mercury. Should you forgo sushi? It's a little hard to say.
News
Cap and Trade Is Dead. Now What?
Putting a price tag on pollution isn't solving our climate-change woes. It's time to invest our muscle—and money—in breakthrough innovation.
Environment
China to Bind Carbon Footprint!
After the disappointing results from Copenhagen, it's been hard to get too excited about Cancun. But today we got good news: China's getting serious.
Environment
Tehran's Closed, the Air's Too Polluted
For the second time in a month, terrible air pollution in Tehran has forced officials to close government offices and schools.
Environment
Methylmercury Turns These Birds Gay. Discuss.
Researchers have found that methylmercury, a pollutant that's accumulating in aquatic systems, makes male white ibises like dudes.
Environment
Video: A Day in the Life of Mr. O
An abstract short film that narrates the story of the ocean's struggles alongside a collection of understated motion graphics and a jazz score.
Environment
Garbage Covers Italy's Historic Spanish District in Naples
As you can see from these photos, the historic Spanish district in Naples is currently littered with garbage.
Environment
Global Carbon Emissions to Hit Record High in 2010
Last year, global carbon emissions dropped for the first time since 1999. That was then.
