This is the Worst Way to Become Vegetarian
Grist/Amelia Bates Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Peter Coughlin was in his sophomore year at James Madison University in northern Virginia, he was besieged by a strange and unsettling illness. At random times throughout the night,…
Scott Pruitt Is Trying to Fix His Ethical Nightmare With…Another Ethical Nightmare
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his housing arrangements with a lobbyist, his travel expenses, and his security detail. He has authorized raises for staff in spite of being told not to by the White House, and allegedly retaliated against EPA whistleblowers. This adds up to at least…
California Just Became the First State to Require Solar Panels on New Residential Construction
acilo/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California just became the first state to mandate solar panels on nearly all new residential homes. The mandate is part of California’s “Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan,” which includes the goal that both residential and commercial construction be zero net energy by 2030—meaning the buildings’ annual energy…
God Said to Make the Desert Bloom, and Mormons Are Using Biblical Amounts of Water to Do It
bozhdb/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Utah is one of the driest states in the country, but you couldn’t tell by how much water its residents are using. The average American uses between 80 and 100 gallons a day. In Utah, each individual consumes approximately 248 gallons of water a day. …
Are Bacteria a Secret Weapon Against Eczema? These Researchers Are Hopeful.
Getty Inflammation, itching, painful skin lesions: This is everyday life for patients with atopic dermatitis, a type of eczema that affects roughly 11 percent of adults and 7 percent of children in the United States and accounts for nearly $5.3 billion in annual health care costs. Topical steroids, usually hydrocortisone ointments, are often the first…
The Trump Administration Is Being Sued Over a Very Weird Bird
Male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse (not pictured)David Zalubowski/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Environmental groups have filed two lawsuits against US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke for approving oil and gas leases on habitat that is home to the greater sage-grouse, an imperiled…