Articles by Madeleine Thomas

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Forget football. Pick your fantasy green team

Sick of real football? Give our fantasy climate hawk game a shot.

Sara Bernard, Andrew Simon, & Madeleine Thomas Culture
This giant wind farm would dwarf the Hoover Dam

The $8 billion complex would send electricity from Wyoming to the city of Los Angeles, making the Hoover Dam look like a middle school science project.

Madeleine Thomas Technology
California is (finally) taking steps to regulate its groundwater

Thirsty Californians now need to think twice before they tap that aquifer.

Madeleine Thomas Culture
California dairy farmers are going nuts for almonds, but at what cost?

This cash crop is keeping some farmers on the land, but the almond boom offers no long-term promise of security.

Madeleine Thomas Food and Agriculture