Hurricane Sandy
Could a Real Estate Development Save New York from Climate Change?
Building our way out of this mess has a certain twisted appeal.
How Much Climate-Change Denial Can the Market Bear?
Shane Smith responds to an unscientific “analysis” of the VICE on HBO segment, “Greenland is Melting.”
Climate Change Will Hit New Jersey Hard
The Mid-Atlantic states could see a foot more sea level rise than the global average by 2100.
Obedience School
Have you ever tried to mop up the floodwaters of a squirter? FEMA and the Red Cross combined would be ill-equipped to handle the task; there just aren't enough sandbags on earth to hold back those tides.
Hurricane Sandy Caused Enough Overflow to Cover Central Park in 41 Feet of Sewage
Hurricane Sandy flooded the Eastern Seaboard with 11 billion gallons of raw sewage. That's 50 times the amount of oil loosed over the course of the BP spill.
The Chancers Getting Rich from Natural Disasters
And hey, what's so bad about exploiting tragedy anyway?
US Accountants Finally Realized Climate Change Is a “High Risk” to the Government's Fiscal Health
Perhaps the unusually strong frankenstorm Sandy smashed into the East Coast, costing the government $50 billion to clean up, and something clicked—this must be what all those scientists and economists mean when they talk about the future costs of...
Taji's Mahal - Dr. Dave
This week, Clayton Patterson brought us to the coolest doctor in town, Dr. David Ores. Dr. Dave isn't your normal MD. He wears a leather jacket and removes gang tattoos for free.
An Open Letter to My Parents, Who Still Don’t Believe I Survived Hurricane Sandy
Dear Mom and Dad: Thank you for your continued concern about my wellbeing during and after Hurricane Sandy. To reiterate: I’m fine. You’ve got to stop calling to ask if I’m in the dark, in the cold, underwater, or dead. Please redirect your worry to...
Want to Help Hurricane Sandy Victims? Buy This Mishka T-Shirt
Mishka is doing their part to help with the recovery from Hurricane Sandy's devastation by doing what they do best: making expensive T-shirts. Greg Rivera, who runs Mishka, is one of my favorite people so I asked him to tell me about it.
Sandy and the Broken Machine
Global warming isn't a joke or a trick, it's the new future, a thousand miles wide and coming for us at a hundred miles an hour.