Patagonia is giving customers a new and convenient way to take part in environmental activism.
The outdoor clothing company has launched Patagonia Action Works, a digital platform that informs people of local activism opportunities in the categories …
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EPA administrator Scott Pruitt kept close tabs on scrubbing agency’s climate websites, documents show
Soon after taking office on Feb. 17, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt set out to revamp his agency’s websites in order to take down longstanding information on climate science and policy. This included the agency’s aut…
View More EPA administrator Scott Pruitt kept close tabs on scrubbing agency’s climate websites, documents showThe upcoming polar vortex looks so much like a Tide Pod 😕
Remember how it got extremely cold in the Midwest and East Coast at the end of last year? Well, that polar vortex is about to happen again.
The difference between now and then? Tide Pods.
Since late December, teens have made eating Tide Pods a …
Starbucks is trialling a charge on cups that are damaging the environment
Starbucks is about to get a tad more expensive for some Londoners. But, before you freak out, it’s worth noting that there’s actually a really good reason for it.
The coffee brand has announced it will trial a 5p paper cup charge in 25 London s…
Sorry, millennials: A latte tax might be coming to make takeaway coffee cups more expensive
They may take our lattes, but they will never take our freedom.
UK politicians want the government to introduce a 25p (33 cents) “latte levy” on disposable coffee cups in an effort to eliminate waste. MPs say if cup recycling doesn’t improve dr…
This NYC store is an environmentalist’s wonderland
Lauren Singer, known for living a zero waste lifestyle in New York City, runs a store called ‘Package Free Shop’ in Brooklyn. Her popular blog, ‘Trash is for Tossers’ details how she lives a lifestyle free from sending trash to landfills. She’s makin…
View More This NYC store is an environmentalist’s wonderland2017 is about to be one of the hottest years of all time
2017 will be one of Earth’s top 5 warmest years, according to NASA. Climate change is rapidly changing weather. Read more here. Read more…More about Science, Climate Change, Mashable Video, Environment, and Climate Change
View More 2017 is about to be one of the hottest years of all timeThis futuristic street light design is surprisingly eco-friendly
The ‘Gates of Light’ is a design project that hopes to eliminate the need for electric street lights and limit light pollution.
Designers from Studio Roosegaarde lined these floodgate structures on a causeway in the Netherlands with a retro-ref…
People are losing their minds over rare Southern snowstorm
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Snow has started to fall in the United States, but not in the places you might expect.
In yet another example of unusual weather this year, the first week of December brought accumulating snow to places like Austin, Texas, Birmingham, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia — places that rarely ever see several inches of snow, let alone experience a snowstorm before Christmas.
Snow even fell as far south as Corpus Christi, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, where there was at least one instance of “thundersnow” caught on radar.
SEE ALSO: Powerful cold front to usher in winter across the U.S., but it may not mean heavy snow Read more…
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This tent-like machine turns your food scraps into cooking gas
Home Biogas is a backyard appliance that turns your food scraps into cooking gas. Pour the food waste into the machine, bacteria digests it into gas, and the gas moves through a pipe to your stove or to a gas-powered lamp. It can also produce liquid f…
View More This tent-like machine turns your food scraps into cooking gasHow to spend your Black Friday money on stuff that actually matters
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It’s Black Friday — and you know what that means!
We’re all part of a corporate machine that makes us rip each other’s hair out at 6 a.m. for the last $20 spiralizer at Target.
SEE ALSO: Bad idea alert: Retail employees are trying to sell their uniforms for Black Friday shoppers
Let’s be real: Black Friday is a thoroughly dehumanizing experience. So, if you want off the free market ride of American thoughtlessness, why not protest by spending your money on stuff that actually benefits the human race instead?
Here are a few alternatives to the usual Black Friday chaos: Read more…
1. Reclaim Black Friday as a day for human rights
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View More How to spend your Black Friday money on stuff that actually mattersKeystone Pipeline clears final hurdle, proving that pipeline safety is for the weak
As TransCanada Pipeline officials continue to clean up a leak in the Keystone Pipeline near Amherst, South Dakota, the Nebraska Public Service Commission voted 3-to-2 on Monday to approve the controversial extension of the pipeline through seven coun…
View More Keystone Pipeline clears final hurdle, proving that pipeline safety is for the weak