Environment
The Perfect Moral Storm: Philosophers Respond to the Impending Anthropogenic Apocalypse
How do you love a planet while it disappears? What obligation do we have to a generation that hasn't been born yet?
‘Bloodborne’ Is Merely the Latest Example of Humanity’s Habit of Sucking at Life
Here we are, with this amazing planet, and all we're doing is screwing it – a habit reflected in the video games we play.
Inside the Lives of Canadians Who Live in 'Earthships'
These strange-looking houses built with material like old tires, pop cans and beer bottles are designed to be completely self-sufficient and make it possible for their inhabitants to live off the grid.
Are Shell Trying to Make a Climate Change Film That Ignores Their Arctic Oil Drilling?
A filmmaker who entered a competition for the oil company was told not to mention Arctic oil, one of its most environmentally damaging projects.
Brazil's Arrested Forest Kingpin Isn't the Only Problem Facing the Amazon
This week, Brazil arrested a man who may be responsible for up to 20 percent of illegal cuttings in the Amazon over the past few years. That's good, but until the country strictly enforces conservation laws this is just a Hydra problem.
How an FBI Informant Sent a Radical Environmentalist to Prison, and How He Got Out Again
The true story of a failed bomb plot, an 18-year-old informant, and a massive fuck-up by the US government.
The Leader of the New 'Reducetarian' Movement Questions the Morality of Eating Meat
"Eat less meat" figurehead Brian Kateman says you should stop eating steak.
Did Fracking Cause an Earthquake in Alberta?
So far there's no conclusive proof, but fracking has been connected to earthquakes in other places, and British Columbia is already cracking down.
Pollution Is Making Polar Bears’ Dicks Snap in Half According to Danish Research
First the ice caps start melting, now this. Why does evolution hate polar bears so much?
Will 2015 Be the Year Obama Finally Does Something About Climate Change?
New White House rules focused on cutting methane emissions are the last big chance for the president to cement his legacy on climate change.