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What Should the Price of Visiting Wilderness Be?
If passed, HR 5204 could introduce widespread fees for entering formerly free public lands
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Canada and Australia Don’t Want To Play Along With U.N. Climate Summit
Political leaders from Canada and Australia, along with a few others, are skipping the U.N. climate summit today
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The US Is Trying to Expedite Sunscreen Innovation
Sunscreen is currently subject to an approval process similar to that of new pharmaceuticals
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New Study: Blame Defective Wells for Fracking Leaks
Fixing shoddy wells could mean making fracking safer for the environment
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How Many Left-Over Mine-Resistant Vehicles Did Your School Get From the Military?
School police forces also get used military gear
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Approximately a Third of Americans Have Been the Victim of Sexual Violence
The CDC’s latest rape and sexual violence statistics are just as disturbing as ever
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Oregon Animals Now Have Some Basic Rights Formerly Reserved for Humans
Crimes against animals can’t be lumped all together—each animal victim has to be recognized individually
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Someone, Somewhere Is Still Emitting A Whole Load of Ozone-Depleting Chemicals
Emissions of carbon tetrachrloride are still 30% of peak emissions
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You Can Now Inherit Someone’s Facebook Account
When you die in Delaware, you no longer need to die online.
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Why Everyone From Conservationists to Yao Ming to Andrew Cuomo Supports Banning Ivory Sales
Because of corruption and laundering, any system of legal ivory trade threatens the continued existence of elephants
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The NSA Seems to Have a Leaker Problem
Signs point to there being more than one NSA leaker
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Iceland’s Naming Laws Prevented a 10-Year-Old From Getting a Passport
Iceland’s rules for naming children are getting a lot of attention after a few high-profile cases
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The World’s First Climate Change Refugees Were Granted Residency in New Zealand
A Tuvalese family said they can’t go home because of climate change
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35 Years Later, Some Khmer Rouge Leaders Convicted of Crimes Against Humanity
The genocidal Khmer Rouge revolution took place from 1975 to 1979
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If a Monkey Takes a Photo, No One Owns Copyright
The contested photo likely belongs to neither monkey nor man, but to the public domain
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Why Is Anyone Opposed to Reintroducing American Bison to the Wild?
The government wants to release some of Yellowstone’s bison to the wild
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The Average American Household Lost a Third of Its Net Worth During the Recession
A new study shows how much, exactly, the 2008 recession contributed to rising inequality in America
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It Will Soon Be Legal (Again) To Unlock Your Phone
A new law expected to go into effect soon will make it legal to unlock your phone
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Another Horribly Botched Execution Reveals Ongoing Flaws in Lethal Drug Cocktails
The execution of Arizona inmate Joseph Wood took nearly two hours
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to rejigger Japan’s long-standing commitment to pacificism
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