Lindsay Abrams

Green Swag: A plastic water bottle that isn’t terrible

Have the Dutch created the perfect water bottle?

Lindsay Abrams Friday, Dec 27, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 34
Sustainability Green Swag, plastic, waste

Where that Christmas feast really came from

Farmer and author Kurt Timmermeister on growing a feast with the help of small-scale farming

Lindsay Abrams Wednesday, Dec 25, 2013 10:00 PM UTC
Sustainability Agriculture, Farmers market, GMOs

Disney partners with oil industry to make pipelines fun

The Ohio Oil and Gas Association is targeting elementary school students with a pro-industry science program VIDEO

Lindsay Abrams Monday, Dec 23, 2013 7:44 PM UTC 10
Sustainability Video, Oil and Gas, Disney, Ohio

Chinese Wal-Mart allegedly tries to pass off fox flesh as donkey meat

Donkey meat is considered a delicacy. Fox meat is not.

Lindsay Abrams Monday, Dec 23, 2013 5:58 PM UTC
Sustainability Wal-Mart, China, meat

The campaign to fight action on climate change is backed by $1 billion a year in covert donations

A secretive network of conservative billionaires is pouring money into the "climate change counter movement"

Lindsay Abrams Monday, Dec 23, 2013 3:51 PM UTC 268
Sustainability Climate Change

Rampant dolphin deaths suggest there may be something seriously wrong with the oceans

Whatever's killing the dolphins is probably bad for humans, too

Lindsay Abrams Monday, Dec 23, 2013 2:24 PM UTC 17
Sustainability dolphins, oceans, Pollution

“World’s biggest snow cone” discovered beneath Greenland’s ice sheet

The massive reservoir of melt water could contribute to sea level rise

Lindsay Abrams Monday, Dec 23, 2013 1:58 PM UTC 17
Sustainability sea level rise, Arctic melt

The ladies of SNL and Jimmy Fallon sing an ode to holiday sex with “Let’s Do It in My Twin Bed”

Just because you're in your childhood home doesn't mean you can't get a little nasty VIDEO

Lindsay Abrams Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 1:44 PM UTC
Life Video, SNL, Jimmy Fallon

Madonna, Paul McCartney and Mayor Bloomberg make surprise appearances on SNL’s Christmas episode

Guest stars joined Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake throughout the night. VIDEO

Lindsay Abrams Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 1:03 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, SNL, Madonna, Paul McCartney

The Senate’s new Energy Chief is best friends with Big Oil

Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu, a pro-gas and oil Democrat, is poised to take over the Energy Committee

Lindsay Abrams Friday, Dec 20, 2013 3:19 PM UTC 30
Sustainability Mary Landrieu, D-La.

Animal abuse at Harvard Med: School fined $24,000 after 4 lab monkeys die

The university was cited for 11 animal welfare violations

Lindsay Abrams Friday, Dec 20, 2013 2:39 PM UTC
Sustainability animal welfare

Canadian review panel approves plans for controversial pipeline

Alberta is one step closer to expanding its oil sands, with or without Keystone

Lindsay Abrams Friday, Dec 20, 2013 2:16 PM UTC 21
Sustainability tar sands, Canada

The stunning winners of this year’s National Geographic Photo Contest

Electromagnetic storms, sunbathing cows and other incredible shots

Lindsay Abrams Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 9:23 PM UTC 28
Sustainability wildlife, nature, Photography

What really goes on in an animal research lab

A former research associate reflects on the job of breeding -- and culling -- mice

Lindsay Abrams Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 6:49 PM UTC
Sustainability Medical Research

Putin: What happened to the Arctic 30 should serve as a “lesson” to activists

Russia's prime minister also suggested that foreign rivals may have been behind the Greenpeace protests

Lindsay Abrams Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 5:26 PM UTC
Sustainability arctic 30, Putin, Oil Drilling

“Significant weaknesses” in the USDA’s oversight of chicken safety

Food inspection standards are not effective enough to protect public health, a new report finds

Lindsay Abrams Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 2:37 PM UTC
Sustainability poultry, salmonella, USDA, FSIS

Report: Half of all supermarket chicken harbors drug-resistant bacteria

A Consumer Reports investigation found potentially dangerous pathogens in nearly all of the chicken it tested

Lindsay Abrams Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 2:08 PM UTC 75
Sustainability antibiotic resistance, poultry

The year’s biggest climate report, in haiku form

A big, complicated story pared down to its poetic essentials

Lindsay Abrams Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013 10:07 PM UTC 31
Sustainability Climate Change, Global Warming

Whole Foods dropping Chobani to make room for organic and GMO-free brands

The popular yogurt will be off the shelves by early next year (UPDATED)

Lindsay Abrams Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013 8:50 PM UTC 25
Sustainability Whole Foods, Chobani

Japan’s newly created island is actually growing

The landmass, which formed during a volcano eruption, has tripled in size. And it has a name now, too

Lindsay Abrams Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013 7:26 PM UTC
Sustainability Japan, Volcano, Pacific Ocean

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