U.S. military emits more CO2 than most countries
For the Pentagon, there’s no denying that climate change is a real, urgent threat. Never mind who’s sitting in the White House. But this arm of the government tasked with…
Author: Kate Yoder
Good news for climate protesters: Marching might work
Do marches convince bystanders to join a movement, or do they push them away? Sure, if you go out into the street waving a sign that says “There is no…
Natural gas gets a Trump-friendly rebrand as ‘freedom gas’
The Trump administration has rebranded natural gas with a new, patriotic-sounding name: “freedom gas.” In a Department of Energy press release on Tuesday, Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes…
Feel guilty about leaving work early? Do it for the planet.
Time off isn’t so much a luxury, new research argues, as an urgent necessity. Working long hours on the job is bad for your health, raising your risk of stroke,…
The bad news about nudges: They might be backfiring
Nudges, those tweaks that use behavioral science to help people make smarter decisions, are popular all around the world. If you get a bill comparing your electricity use to your…