Environment
Why Does the GOP Still Ignore Climate Change?
Hurricane Isaac. (Photo via Flickr/NASA Goddard Photo and Video) With Hurricane Isaac hammering Louisiana with 80 mile-per-hour winds, you would think the Republican Party might […]
Updated: How Many Clams Are Dead Clams Worth?
Littleneck photo by jessica.dailey on Flickr. No, that’s not some phrase from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Clams Chest. It’s the basis of a […]
Drama Over Energy Bill on Beacon Hill
Photo by TheCLF on Flickr Largely due to one provision he has lobbied for within the bill “An Act Relative to Competitively Priced Electricity […]
Boston's Beaches Are Now Slightly Less Nasty
Carson Beach photo by BostonPhotoSphere on Flickr The bad news: It’s going to be hotter today than a pot full of lobster. The good […]
Boston's Beaches Are Now Slightly Less Nasty
Carson Beach photo by BostonPhotoSphere on Flickr The bad news: It’s going to be hotter today than a pot full of lobster. The good […]
Boston's Beaches Are Now Slightly Less Nasty
Carson Beach photo by BostonPhotoSphere on Flickr The bad news: It’s going to be hotter today than a pot full of lobster. The good […]
What Good Is Environmentalism?
The future and past of Boston, as drawn by John Bonner’s in 1722. I’ll admit it: Ever since I was a really little kid I’ve […]
Why Your New Clothes Are Ruining the Planet
Photo by Matt Roth New York?based author Elizabeth Cline’s new book, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Fast Fashion ($25.95, Penguin) hit shelves last […]
Scott Brown Gets Wall-Bombed
(Scott Brown photo by Mark Sardella via Flickr) Will Sen. Scott Brown cancel his support for oil-industry subsidies? A lot of voters want to know. […]
Five Reasons to Leave the House This Weekend
What about this isn’t appealing? (Photo used with permission.) Tipple 16th Annual Nantucket Wine Festival Really the name speaks for itself: Wine Festival! On Nantucket! […]
Concord Puts the Kibosh on Plastic Water Bottle Sales
Last night, Concord voted to ban the bottle. (Photo via iStockPhoto.) At Concord’s annual town meeting last night, residents passed a bylaw banning the sale […]
Make Boston Greener with IOBY
Bikes Not Bombs just launched Chain Reaction, the city’s first student-run mobile repair shop, using ioby. Is there a patch of grass in your neighborhood […]
Look at All This Crap at the Bottom of the Ocean
In some places, the bottom of the sea looks like a war zone. There are rusting hulks of twisted metal, spiky remnants of lobster traps, […]
How to Join The Plastic Cult of Death
Photo via iStockphoto. Every sip you take out of that clear, disposable water bottle makes you a little less human. It’s been proven again and […]
The Long, Sad Life of Lost Fishing Gear
A reader submitted this photo of sea debris he found in Maine. (Photo courtesy of Harold Johnson.) There’s a lot of fish in the sea. […]