Archive: Feb 2012
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Into the woods: Seattle plants a public food forest
Urban orchards are growing in popularity all over the country, but Seattle is taking it further with this public fruit experiment.
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The Oscar goes to … ‘Tar Sands: The Movie’?
This year's Oscars didn't exactly move the climate conversation forward. But can you imagine a world where luminaries like George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, and Matt Damon lend their powers to "Tar Sands: The Movie?" We can.
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How EPA helps big corporations greenwash
EPA's Green Power Partnership, which recognizes companies using renewable energy, makes Walmart look good while ignoring more significant efforts by much smaller entities.
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Suburbs, Jetsons style: MoMA remaps America [SLIDESHOW]
Architects, ecologists, and landscape designers reimagined suburbia for a new show at the Museum of Modern Art.
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What ‘left’ and ‘right’ really mean on climate change (hint: nothing)
There is no coherent left vs. right on climate, at least not in terms of ideology.
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Giant prehistoric penguins!
Scientists have spent the past 35 years reconstructing a giant penguin fossil from New Zealand, and here’s the first look at their results. Kairuku (Maori for “diver who returns with food”) lived about 25 million years ago, and it looks a little different from modern penguins. For starters, it’s more than 4 feet tall.
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Shake hands with our new design
On the pages of this blog you'll see the first phase of some redecorating, and rethinking, that's going to unfold here at Grist in coming weeks and months. Let us know what you think!
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First post: Your new editor’s blog
Our first new feature since moving to WordPress: a place for us to let you know what's happening here at Grist, and for you to tell us how we're doing.
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Climate change is screwing up bird migration
According to UNC Chapel Hill researchers who just crunched 10 years’ worth of data, climate change is throwing bird migration patterns just a tiny bit off-kilter — and that small disruption could have major effects on the health of bird populations.