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The hazards of using toxic coal ash for land development

Following the disastrous spill of a billion gallons of coal ash waste from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston plant in December 2008, poorly regulated coal ash impoundments like the one […]

Friday music blogging: Gigi

I grew up listening to my dad’s vinyl. (Kids, point your iThingies here to learn more!) He was a fan of late ’50s and early ’60s Brill Building-style pop — […]

Friday music blogging: Rogue Wave

Rogue Wave’s 2004 debut album, Out of the Shadow, was an immediately memorable mix of bright, melodic indie pop and off-kilter, art-rock time shifts. It made you want to tap […]

Louisiana environmental racism case gets hearing from Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

For the first time in history, an international human rights body has agreed to review a case involving allegations of environmental racism in the United States. The Inter-American Commission on […]

April Fools' Day, suckas!

Domesticated Dogs–Mutualists or Parasites?

Photo courtesy of Dog Tag Art via Flickr This thought exercise was motivated in part by my second reading of The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature […]

Friday music blogging: She & Him, again

She & Him — the indie It band composed of musician/producer/genius M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel — have released a follow-up to their 2008 debut, Volume One. They’re calling […]

Earth Out of Sync – Rising Temperatures Throwing off Seasonal Timing

This piece was written by my colleague Janet Larsen at the Earth Policy Institute. A newly hatched chick waits with hungry mouth agape for a parent to deliver its first […]

Live Chat with Tom Philpott

Editor’s note: The chat’s now over, but you can replay it in full. What are the best seeds to use for my container garden? What is the deal with organic […]

Ask Umbra knocks off Twinkies organically [VIDEO]

You’ve heard of knockoff purses, but have you ever heard of knockoff junk food? Michael Pollan’s book Food Rules encourages us to make our own junk food. Yep, eat all […]