You Are Ruining the Environment By Throwing Away Your Smartphones and Computers

Even if your phone freezes up every time you open Snapchat, it’s far from a piece of junk. The gold, silver, and plastics contained inside it are highly valuable, and...

Avril Lavigne Debuts Song For Special Olympics

The song is exclusively available today, April 16, on iTunes 100 days before the start of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, which will be the world’s largest spo...

Time to tread sustainable development path

The idea of sustainable development is that raw capitalism is far too powerful for its own good. Global capitalism is a juggernaut, with the world economy now doubling in s...

This Federal Report Underestimates Renewables Every Year, And Energy Experts Have Had Enough

Every year, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) releases a report on the future of energy in America. And every year, renewable energy advocates say the report is a...

Walt Disney Company Invests in Young Native American Leaders

The American Indian College Fund (the College Fund) has announced that The Walt Disney Company has committed $250,000 to create The Walt Disney Company American Indian Coll...

What Is The US Government Doing To Prevent The Next Oil Pipeline Disaster?

Spring has finally arrived in Michigan, which for many of us means renewed hope that Enbridge, the company responsible for spilling more than 1 million gallons of tar sands...

Defeating Polio, The Disease That Paralyzed America

Tens of thousands of Americans — in the first half of the 20th century — were stricken by poliomyelitis. Polio, as it’s known, is a disease that attacks t...

What Do 13 of the Strongest Women on TV Have in Common? They’re All Tatiana Maslany

Orphan Black’s star creates clones with endless individuality

The short years ago, Tatiana Maslany was an up-and-coming actress with improv comedy chops, so...

Wisconsin Agency Bans Talk of Climate Change

The state treasurer in Wisconsin declined to explain his views about climate change a day after leading the effort to ban a small state agency from talking about rising tem...