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• all along the watertower

  When I learned that water isn’t supposed to have a taste

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 5:13 PM By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

  Turning on your faucet shouldn't be a high-risk venture. Cities and towns shouldn't have to worry that the water lost in leaky pipes will mean ongoing shortages or usage restrictions. But these concerns are already cropping up in communities throughout the country -- and they will only become more common as decades of neglect to our water infrastructure begin to catch up with us. Read More

• You win some, you booze some

  Green-minded dinner theater’s “Sauced” buzzworthy, but not intoxicating 1

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 4:47 PM By Darby Minow Smith

  Innovative dinner theater Cafe Nordo's most recent production delves into the deliciously dark world of drinking. But will it be a smashed hit? Read More

• Let the love in your heart take control

  Friday music blogging: Black Mountain again

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 4:19 PM By David Roberts

  Vancouver-based psych rock band Black Mountain has gotten the FMB treatment before, but their latest album is so monstrously, mind-blowingly good they've earned a second go-round. Read More

• The U.N. plot thickens

  New Portland grocery store has more parking for bikes than cars

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 4:17 PM By treehugger.com

  New Seasons, an upscale Whole Foods-style grocery store that has enjoyed massive success in Portland, Ore., is opening a new store that features more bike spots than parking spaces. Read More

• Spotlight: Thomas Knutson, NOAA

  Global warming promises stronger hurricanes

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 2:55 PM By Seth Shulman

  Thomas Knutson studies storms and his research predicts that global warming is likely to mean fewer, but stronger Atlantic hurricanes, with twice as many category four and five storms by the end of this century. Read More

• WHOSE RIVERSIDE ARE YOU ON?

  Angry county could cut California out of $33 million in efficiency cash 1

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 11:49 AM By Jonathan Hiskes

  How lovely: California may lose $33 million in energy-efficiency funds because officials in Riverside County are upset they didn't get more than half of the sum for their region. Read More

• No Permit No Mine

  EPA recommends protecting clean water by rejecting giant W.Va. coal mine

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 11:38 AM By Bruce Nilles

  The EPA is recommending rejecting a new mountaintop-removal coal mine in West Virginia. Hopefully the decision is a step towards ending the practice altogether. Read More

• They come by night -- bringing light

  The solar ninja uprising

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 11:30 AM By Osha Gray Davidson

  A dozen or so black-clad solar ninjas converged at the Solar Power International conference to protest Prop 23 and to rally other solar companies against it. Read More

• Big fish, small ponds

  Walmart doubles down on local food 3

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 10:41 AM By Tom Philpott

  For the second time in two years, the global retail giant Walmart, by far the nation's largest grocer, is rolling out an initiative to localize its food buying. Read More

• Their aim is true

  Silicon Valley enlists Steve Jobs’ wife, Elvis Costello in Prop 23 fight 2

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 10:16 AM By Todd Woody

  Laurene Powell Jobs, wife of Apple founder Steve Jobs, donated $200,000 to defeat Prop 23, the California ballot measure that would suspend the state's global warming law. With less than three weeks to go before Election Day, and with the help of stars like Elvis Costello, cleantech opponents of the measure are out-fundraising big oil supporters by two to one. Read More

• dissing the dystopians

  Nick Bilton reports from the future: Don’t be afraid, Earthlings 3

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 9:14 AM By Jonathan Hiskes

  Robots are never going to take over our lives, says the author of a new book on technology. Good luck getting a movie deal out of that. Read More

• King Corn, meet King Pyrrhus

  EPA hands the ethanol lobby a hollow victory 1

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 8:57 AM By Tom Laskawy

  The corn lobby got what it's been clamoring for: the EPA lifted its "blend wall" on ethanol mixes to 15 percent. There's a catch, though, that will make King Corn's victory downright Pyrrhic. Read More

• The ‘Troubled Waters’ of Big Ag’s academic influence 2

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 8:41 AM By Paula Crossfield

• Two-thirds of Americans think aerosol spray causes climate change 2

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 6:56 AM By Randy Rieland

• Chilean miners rescued, carnage continues on American roads 3

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 6:37 AM By Sarah Goodyear

• Highlights from our chat with reporter Ryan Lizza on Senate climate politics 5

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 6:15 AM By David Roberts

• Redesigning our cities for the dawning age of global freshwater scarcity

  Posted 15 Oct 2010 6:00 AM By Steven Solomon

• Italy fells hardwoods to cock block its sex trade 5

  Posted 14 Oct 2010 4:20 PM By Ashley Braun

• The Climate Post: Psychoanalyzing the GOP’s flourishing climate skepticism 1

  Posted 14 Oct 2010 3:00 PM By Christopher Mims

• Can a technology-first approach to climate change work? 4

  Posted 14 Oct 2010 2:39 PM By Kristen Sheeran

• Car recycling bins are finally here! 2

  Posted 14 Oct 2010 1:11 PM By Ashley Braun

• Vote for your favorite villains of food 32

  Posted 14 Oct 2010 12:07 PM By Grist

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