Heather Smith
We were promised methane regulations! Where are our methane regulations?!
The U.S. oil-and-gas boom is dumping oodles of methane into the atmosphere, and so far, the feds haven't gotten meaningful regulations together.
U.K. climate activists take divestment to the banks
A new campaign in Britain aims to get banks to stop investing in the fossil fuel industry.
This proposed pipeline would be even bigger than Keystone XL
But will it ever get built?
Why Minneapolis’ beautiful bike freeways are totally the best
In the Twin Cities, old rail lines have become a sensible and delightful freeway system — just for cyclists.
Today, “Made in Detroit” is a label in search of a story
The archetypal factory town struggles to turn "manufacturing renaissance" from a slogan into a reality.
311,000 climate protesters marched in New York. What’s next?
Climate marchers are likely to be putting their shoulders behind these causes and projects in the wake of September's mass event.
Behind every crumbling downtown is a billionaire who wants to save it
Detroit ponders its dependence on billionaire Dan Gilbert just as another high-profile effort to revive a downtown in Las Vegas, led by another tech CEO, hits the rapids.
In the protest-icon game, polar bear beats carbon bubble
At Flood Wall Street, where parade floats doubled as works of art and costumes irked the cops, we saw the power of protest imagery -- and its limitations.
Wall Street protest arrests nab 2 Captain Planets, 1 polar bear
Flood Wall Street demonstrators block a street in Manhattan's financial district with balloons, costumes, and chants, and 101 arrests follow.
