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Every year the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) delivers a scary list of species dangerously near extinction that we should all do whatever we can to keep around, and this year the list starts off terrifyingly strong. There are no obscure frogs or subspecies of beetle, the first two entries on the WWF’s list of the [...]

As the decade comes to a close and we start seeing an explosion of listicles about the last ten years, we here at Listicles labs are predicting an overwhelmingly sad, scary and disappointing summary of the aughts. We imagine that this will be an especially inescapable verdict for all things environmental, as we’ve done a [...]

Between our current event filmmakers‘ obsession with disaster movies, and all-pervading fears of impending environmental doom, it’s not surprising that movies about environmental apocalypse are becoming more common. That’s part of why we’re surprised that TreeHugger left recent entries like The Simpsons Movie (and another included after the jump) our of their listicle of The [...]

Yes, the weather is heating up, and everybody is starting to plot their swimming trips (even a humpback whale tried to swim through New York harbor and up the Hudson river today). But for those of us who prefer the cruising currents of fresh water swimming over the eye-stinging waves of salt-water beaches, here’s a [...]

Folks living in North America (even folks reading Listicles) hear a lot about how much better Europe and parts of Asia are handling the imminent environmental apocalypse. However, it’s not entirely true. We’re building wind farms, we’re investing in high speed railways, and we’ve got some cities that are doing everything they can to lead [...]

We know the Obama administration is up to its neck in financial reform and bailout messiness, but we also know that the squeaky wheel gets the grease (right?). In that spirit, we greatly appreciate this listicle from Slate suggesting 10 Bush Cases Obama’s Justice Department Should Redo. The list covers all kinds of DoJ injustice, [...]

We’ve been a little apprehensive about this whole green revolution because it’s so intensely class-coded. That is, its implied message is that you can do right by the environment as long as you can afford to, which seems completely wrong-headed. At any rate, The Wall Street Journal, of all media outlets, has put together a [...]

We’ve always sort of wanted to broach this subject, but figured that if we brought up the logical affinities between environmentalism and communism people would take it as an opportunity to mention Lenin before dismissing the idea outright.
Thankfully, TreeHugger’s Brian Merchant has made a great listicle outlining 6 Green Lessons Learned From Communism. Our favorite [...]

Though there’s been much debate over which bear should grace the WWF’s logotype (panda or polar?), there are inumerable visually stunning, ecologically essential species just as badly in need of help. TreeHugger shows us some such animals in their listicle of 10 Underexposed Endangered Species. That environmental conservation superstar-in-waiting at right is the Iberian Lynx [...]

We remember going to a supposedly green hotel once and not really understanding how they reconciled the air-conditioning units in every room with their supposedly eco-friendly mantra. Well, for next time we go on vacation (if there’s a next time…) we’ll take this listicle from Planet Green along with us: 9 Questions for “Green” Hotels. [...]