A new report finds that the groups fighting climate change and pollution tend to be staffed by wealthy white people--and focus on the issues that most affect them.
After high-profile defeats, opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are leveraging them into outreach and engagement on social networks. Can social-media savvy neutralize the lobbying prowess of the oil and gas industry?
A tiny percentage of the United States uses more than 10% of all our oil. If we want to cut back, these people might be a good place to start.
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You would hope our government would be getting ready for a world where water is harder and harder to come by (that world is already on its way). Sadly, many states are just hoping the problem will go away on its own.
You can’t see energy, but now you can see how much you’re using versus your friends on the social network. A new app from Opower turns using less energy into a game.
Though many places around the country barely have enough to drink, they’re ignoring a massive free source of water: the stuff up in the clouds, which could fulfill almost all of our water needs if we just used it right.
Can you buy oil that’s good for the environment? Probably not, but you can at least buy oil that’s less bad, and Equitable Origin wants their sticker to help you make that choice.
The company is already notorious for the way workers in its Chinese suppliers' factories are treated, but what's less known is those same factories' incredible impact on the environment. But after years of ignoring concerns, Apple may be starting to come around.
