Kate Sheppard

Kate Sheppard covers energy and environmental politics in Mother Jones' Washington bureau.

Climate Desk

June 14 2013 5:10 PMMap: Places That Will Flood More Often Due to Global WarmingProjected changes in flood hazard areas by 2100, mapped.Kate Sheppard and James West

Climate Desk

April 23 2010 10:55 AMLose 300 Million Tons Of CO2 in Just Three Weeks!A great way for businesses to shed excess carbon? The humble diet diary.Kate Sheppard

Climate Desk

April 27 2010 10:02 AMCoastal CollapseThe beaches along the Eastern seaboard are about to disappear, says one EPA scientist. Why isn't anyone listening?Josh Harkinson and Kate Sheppard

Climate Desk

April 23 2010 10:55 AMFair and … Carbon Neutral?Rupert Murdoch's unlikely effort to give News Corp. a green makeover.Kate Sheppard

News & Politics

Politics

Jan. 27 2015 7:41 PM Ready for Pataki? The former New York governor may be running the saddest campaign for president. Betsy Woodruff

How the Koch Brothers Could Make, Break, or Reshape Republican Politics in 2016

Why Obama Took So Many High-Powered Officials to Cozy Up to the Saudi Royal Family

Bobby Jindal Pins His Presidential Hopes on a Prayer Revival. It Was a Bust.

Why Do Judges and Politicians Flip-Flop? A Survey.

Why de Blasio Was Right to Take On Criminal Justice Reform

How Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Won Over Iowa

Business

Moneybox

Jan. 27 2015 7:31 PM West Virginia Is for Egalitarians Jordan Weissmann

The iPhone 6 Just Shattered Apple’s Own Sales Records

Yahoo Just Found a Way Around Its Potentially Multibillion Dollar Tax Bill

Looking for a Reliable, High-Yield Investment? Install LED Light Bulbs. Really.

Obama Wants to Tax College Savings Accounts. He Should Make Them Work for the Middle Class Instead.

The Myth That Middle-Class Students Don’t Get Financial Aid

Chipotle’s Sofritas Promotion Was So Popular That a Bunch of Locations Sold Out

Life

Quora

Jan. 28 2015 8:10 AM Are Astronauts Discouraged From Drinking Coffee While in Space? Quora Contributor

Would You Ride the Rusty, Creaking Cable Cars of Chiatura?

As the Catholic Church’s Influence Wanes, Ireland Is Having a Gay Moment

This Prefab Cube Shrinks an Entire House Into One Tiny Structure

Help! Our Baby Won’t Sleep Through the Night, Making It Hard to Have Sex.

Meet Kevin Daniels, the Actor Behind One of TV’s Most Interesting Gay Characters

A Victorian Argument That Snow Is Holy, Illustrated by a Beautiful Catalog of Flakes

Double X

The XX Factor

Jan. 28 2015 8:52 AM When Career Expectations Are Just About Getting Enough Money to Eat Jessica Grose

Watch the First Anti-Domestic Violence Super Bowl Commercial

New Orleans Was Supposed to Get a New Planned Parenthood Clinic. Here's Why It's Still Not There.

How the Great Blizzard of 1888 Killed the Petticoat

Study on Women’s Painkiller Use Causes Concern Over Hypothetical Embryos, Not Actual Women

Republican Women Stopped the 20-Week Abortion Bill. That’s Not Standing Up for Reproductive Rights.

Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel Are Treated Horribly. So They Started Their Own Party.

Slate Plus

Jurisprudence

Jan. 27 2015 11:18 AM Slate Voice: “American Liar” Listen to Mark Joseph Stern read his piece about Jesse Ventura’s defamation suit against Chris Kyle. Mark Joseph Stern

A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 4

Jeremy Stahl on What Slate Stories Broke Facebook This Week

A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 13

What Should Slate Do in 2015? Tell Slate’s Editor in Chief.

Arts

Brow Beat

Jan. 28 2015 8:03 AM Some Clarification on How to Make Butter Better L.V. Anderson, Jamelle Bouie, and Christian Lesperance

How the Makers of White God Staged an Animal Uprising With 200 Dogs

Watch Stevie Nicks’ Wrenching, Candid Piano Performance of “Blue Water”

Who Ya Gonna Call? These Four Actresses, for the Ghostbusters Reboot.

Why Scientology Appeals to Aspiring Actors

In Season 3 of The Americans, the Clash Between Principles and Parenting Is More Violent Than Ever