Is American Business More Progressive Than Its Consumers?
As some high-profile corporations publicly embrace the reality of climate change, are they moving faster than the American population as a whole?
Unveiling the Hidden Costs of Energy Use
The hidden costs of all energy choices aren't posted on the pump, but, nonetheless, they're just as real.
Let’s Try Cap-and-Trade on Babies
Population growth is the real driver for higher greenhouse gas emission, so why don't more mainstream solutions start there?
There Is No Common Ground Anymore
In our introductory post to The Idea Lobby, Emily Badger looks at the numbers and sees the furthest right any Democratic senator reaches is still a ways from the furthest left of any GOP colleague.
Buy ‘Climate Change’ — Now With Added Warming Power
Overcoming inertia on climate change is unlikely to take place through the time-honored methods of hectoring and lecturing. Perhaps a little salesmanship and psychology is called for.
Tax Code Mocks Federal Energy Intent
Arcane bits of the tax code provide a huge tacit subsidy for the producers of fossil fuels, according to a recently released study.
iPhone App Puts Your Sneezes on the Map
Researchers have a new way of tracking where disease hot spots are occurring, and, once again, it concerns an Apple a day ...
Let’s Just Rejigger the Globe to Cool it Off
Serious scientists are mulling geoengineering — from space sunshades to planetwide aerosols — as reduced-sacrifice methods to address global warming.
Born in the Good Ol’ U.S. of … Hey!
"If this document is forged, then they all are," concluded one probe into a fertile ground of conspiracy fans, about whether Barack Obama was born in the U.S.
We Gotta Eat ’em to Save ’em
Farm biodiversity is disappearing. If we would just eat endangered crops and livestock now, restoring their role in the food supply, we could save them from extinction.