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I Gave at the Office

Ask Umbra on offsetting work trips 3
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago If you absolutely have to travel for your job, is it better to buy carbon offsets -- or make more concrete changes to your energy use at home? Or both? Umbra drops in with an answer.
Car-Bon Voyage

Ask Umbra on dream trips 1
Posted 3 months ago
A couple looking ahead toward retirement wonders how they'll be able to travel in an eco-friendly way, and Umbra works up a few suggestions.
It's not a vacation, we swear!

Reps take expensive trip to learn about climate, but still block action 1
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Seven of the 10 representatives who spent about half a million taxpayer bucks to go see climate-change-addled penguins actually voted against the House climate bill.
Handle With Care

Ask Umbra on moving cross-country 3
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
A letter-writer moving from New York to Los Angeles wonders which is the greener option, renting a truck or ditching her stuff and flying. Umbra counsels her to think outside the box.
It Could Be Verse

A climate-news poem for the week of May 25 1
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Can politicians save the world by hopping on a jet? If this week serves as evidence, the answer is "you bet."
Ask Umbra on how to be a green wedding guest 1
Posted 6 months ago
cop a flight

Tips for flying to the Copenhagen climate conference 21
Posted 6 months ago
This December Copenhagen will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where international delegates will negotiate a post-Kyoto Protocal global climate plan. Here's how you get there.
Oy Convey

Ask Umbra on escalators 1
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Moved by a column about elevators, a letter-writer wonders about the eco-perils of escalators -- and Umbra rises to the challenge.
Zac and Forth

Catching up with eco-model Summer Rayne Oakes 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Since we last checked in with the ubiquitous face of green, she's launched a shoe line and a book. She talks about what's coming next -- and the one non-green habit she just can't shake.
Go Green? Make Me

The psychology of eco-choices 3
Posted 7 months ago
Savvy environmentalists know that people don't go green because it's "good for the planet." So what works?
The benefits of a carbon-free vacation 3
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
Survey says rich people want luxury! 1
Posted 10 months, 1 week ago
The transportation story at the heart of a history-making crisis 9
Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Better Off Ted

Ted Turner chats about his outsized environmental hopes and ambitions 2
Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago
With climate change bringing the heat, take a look at the next tourist hot spots 0
Posted 1 year ago
I Choo-Choo-Choose You

Bush signs railroad-safety law, giving $13 billion to Amtrak 0
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Maps, videos, and images from our cross-country travels 0
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
On the Right Amtrak

Amtrak struggles to meet demand as ridership soars 2
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago
I Wonder How to Wander

Google Maps adds walking directions 4
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago
Car camping with a Prius 24
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago