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Study: Most Glaciers Near Mount Everest Will Disappear With Climate Change

Researchers say 5,500 glaciers in the region could disappear or drastically retreat by 2100.

Stop Romanticizing Your Grandparents' Food

The food of yesteryear wasn't perfect—but neither is industrial agriculture.

—Tom Philpott

Your Toothpaste May Be Loaded With Tiny Plastic Beads That Never Go Away

What are microbeads, and why are some states banning them?

Obama's Plan to Save the Monarch Butterflies' Epic Migration

Move over cars, butterflies are taking over I-35.

Study: Most Glaciers Near Mount Everest Will Disappear With Climate Change

Researchers say 5,500 glaciers in the region could disappear or drastically retreat by 2100.

Stop Romanticizing Your Grandparents' Food

The food of yesteryear wasn't perfect—but neither is industrial agriculture.

—Tom Philpott

Your Toothpaste May Be Loaded With Tiny Plastic Beads That Never Go Away

What are microbeads, and why are some states banning them?

Obama's Plan to Save the Monarch Butterflies' Epic Migration

Move over cars, butterflies are taking over I-35.

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Study: Most Glaciers Near Mount Everest Will Disappear With Climate Change

Your Toothpaste May Be Loaded With Tiny Plastic Beads That Never Go Away

My Neighbor Ratted Me Out for Watering My Garden. Bring It On.

—Josh Harkinson

Stop Romanticizing Your Grandparents' Food

—Tom Philpott

Holy Shit! Almonds Require a Ton of Bees

—Tom Philpott

Obama's Plan to Save the Monarch Butterflies' Epic Migration

California Farmers Have Agreed to Water Cuts. What Exactly Does That Mean?

These Photos of Sea Creatures Soaked by Oil in California Will Break Your Heart

—Tim McDonnell

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Exclusive: The CIA Is Shuttering a Secretive Climate Research Program

—Tim McDonnell

School Lunches Just Got Way Better in These 6 Cities (and It's Not the Food)

Obama: Climate Deniers in Congress Are Undermining Our Troops

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This Is Mike Huckabee's Brain on Ethanol

—Jeremy Schulman

Bird Flu Is Slamming Factory Farms But Sparing Backyard Flocks. Why?

—Tom Philpott

The World Is About to Lose This 10,000-Year-Old Ice Shelf

—John Metcalfe

The 85-Year-Old Nun Who Went to Prison for Embarrassing the Feds Is Finally Free

—Josh Harkinson

Here's One Way the Developing World Totally Has America Beat

—Tim McDonnell

6 Ways to Fix the Climate While Fighting Economic Inequality

Mark McGwire

How Much Water Are the Richest Californians Wasting? It's a Secret

—Katharine Mieszkowski and Lance Williams

Kayaktavists Take Over Seattle's Port to Protest Shell Oil's Arctic Drilling Rig

The Conservative Case for Taxing Carbon Pollution

—Eric Holthaus

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When You Binge-Watch "Mad Men," You Might Be Killing the Planet

—Klint Finley

The Pipeline That Texans Are Freaking Out Over (Nope, Not Keystone)

—Bryan Schatz

Bee Die-Offs Are Worst Where Pesticide Use Is Heaviest

—Tom Philpott

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Obama: Climate Deniers in Congress Are Undermining Our Troops

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Deep Inside the Wild World of China's Fracking Boom

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Do Your State's Hospitals Serve Big Macs?

How Screwed Are Your State's Oysters?

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Bark Beetles Are Decimating Our Forests. That Might Actually Be a Good Thing.

This Fast-Food-Loving, Organics-Hating Ivy League Prof Will Trick You Into Eating Better

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These Photos of Sea Creatures Soaked by Oil in California Will Break Your Heart

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