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Environment

Science Says Soda Taxes Work

Will we learn from Mexico’s example?

America's Food System Could Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change Than We Thought

New research quantifies the devastating impact of extreme weather on essential crops.

—Tim McDonnell

Republicans Are Pushing a Bill That Could Make It Much Harder to Sue Volkswagen

The House plans to vote this week on a bill raising the bar for class-action lawsuits.

—Tim McDonnell

cows

This Huge Loophole Helps the Meat Industry Hide Its Pollution

Thanks, Congress!

—Nathan Halverson

Science Says Soda Taxes Work

Will we learn from Mexico’s example?

America's Food System Could Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change Than We Thought

New research quantifies the devastating impact of extreme weather on essential crops.

—Tim McDonnell

Republicans Are Pushing a Bill That Could Make It Much Harder to Sue Volkswagen

The House plans to vote this week on a bill raising the bar for class-action lawsuits.

—Tim McDonnell

cows

This Huge Loophole Helps the Meat Industry Hide Its Pollution

Thanks, Congress!

—Nathan Halverson

LATEST

Science Says Soda Taxes Work

The Feds Are Now Investigating Chipotle Over That Nasty Norovirus Outbreak

America's Food System Could Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change Than We Thought

—Tim McDonnell

As If Slavery Weren’t Enough, 6 Other Reasons to Avoid Shrimp

—Tom Philpott

Republicans Are Pushing a Bill That Could Make It Much Harder to Sue Volkswagen

—Tim McDonnell

These 19 Big-Name Toothpastes and Face Scrubs Will Be Forced to Ditch Tiny Bits of Plastic

cows

This Huge Loophole Helps the Meat Industry Hide Its Pollution

—Nathan Halverson

Thousands of Californians Are Fleeing an Enormous Methane Leak. Here Are 8 Things You Need to Know.

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The Feds Just Sued Volkswagen Over Its Emissions Scandal

—Tim McDonnell

These 4 Foods Will Be All the Rage in 2016

—Maddie Oatman

The 7 Biggest Food Stories of 2015

—Tom Philpott

Here Are 58 Million Reasons to Care About California's Drought

—Zoë Schlanger

Here's a Video Showing the Very Worst Anti-Science Bullshit of 2015

7 Great Environment Longreads From 2015

—Kiera Butler

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The Solar Industry’s Christmas Miracle

—Daniel Gross

Black Hawk helicopter

How 19 Big-Name Corporations Plan to Make Money Off the Climate Crisis

—Jeremy Schulman

Scientists Just Made a Major Breakthrough in Understanding Autism

Falling elephant

The Republican Primary Just Got a Little Less Sane

—Jeremy Schulman

The Only Way to Save Your Beloved Bananas Might Be Genetic Engineering

—Maddie Oatman

10 Unusual Facts About the Flu From a Nobel Prize-Winning Pandemics Expert

—Michael Mechanic

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Will One of These Clowns Destroy the Paris Climate Deal?

A Food Giant Wanted to Squash Eggless Mayo. It Just Lost.

—Kiera Butler

Flint Kids Have So Much Lead in Their Blood That the Mayor Declared a State of Emergency. Thanks, GOP.

VIDEO

Here's a Video Showing the Very Worst Anti-Science Bullshit of 2015

Will the Planet Survive the Next 24 Hours?

CHARTS

Look at These Charts Before You Eat Your Next Burrito

China Is Absolutely Destroying the US on Clean Energy

INTERACTIVES

The Great Frack Forward

Deep Inside the Wild World of China's Fracking Boom

Here's How Many Ridiculously Hot Days Your City Will Have in the Future

MAPS

This Map Shows Where the Next Clean Energy Gold Mine Is

Here's What You Need to Know About the Big Storm Coming for the East Coast

LONGREADS

7 Great Environment Longreads From 2015

This May Be the Most Radical Idea in All of Professional Sports

PHOTO ESSAYS

Here Are 58 Million Reasons to Care About California's Drought

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The Photos That Helped End Child Labor in the United States

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