A dairy farm with 2,500 cows produces as much waste as Miami. FairWarning investigates how that puts our water supply in danger.
Energy and the Environment
A River Runs Through It
Everyone agrees that the only way to fix the Gulf of Mexico dead zone—the largest off the United States—is to fix the Mississippi, but not everyone agrees how.Â
Big Brother Is You, Watching
Google Glass is coming, and it’s raising some new privacy concerns.
“OK Glass”
Watch the Washington Post staff in their valiant efforts to get Google Glass to follow their search instructions. “When was the Washington Post founded?” asks one user. “When was the Washington Post pounded” search the glasses.
French Grounds Crew Lose Jobs to Sheep
The Archives of Paris has employed four black sheep as permanent lawn mowers. They will be compensated in free food and water.
Keystone XL: A Year in Review
What has happened with the pipeline in the year since the Obama administration rejected TransCanada’s original permit?
We’ve Traced the Call. It’s Coming From … Inside Your Pocket!
Will smartphone hacking come into its own in 2013?
Still No Strong Links Between Video Games and Violence
Everything on the subject is hazy.
Under Water Pressure
Nearly 400 years after the first Thanksgiving, the Navajo and Hopi are fighting the coal industry for rights to their land.
Oil: The Bad News in the Good News
The U.S. is on track to become the world’s largest producer of fossil fuels, which will only delay our transition to clean energy.

