Archive: Mar 2012
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FDA on BPA: We need more time to think
In their belated response to a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Food and Drug Administration says it refuses to ban the chemical.
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Scientists use Thoreau’s journal notes to track climate change
By examining Thoreau's records of flowering dates, researchers found that Massachusetts temperatures have increased by 2.4 degrees C since the author's time.
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A bright green future for Kansas City [VIDEO]
The story of one neighborhood in Kansas City shows how investment in sustainability can transform entire communities.
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Thinking inside the big box: Seven brilliant uses for abandoned chain stores [SLIDESHOW]
Some look at the abandoned big box stores littering the American landscape and see senseless blight -- and others see an opportunity to create something new. Here are some examples of the latter.
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Joel Kotkin: The man urbanists love to hate
The prominent “suburban apologist” talks about how much he likes cities and how he loves to ride his bike -- and generally goes all Jane Jacobs on us. Wait, wha?
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Chris Hayes on the absurdity of oil subsidies
Guest hosting for Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes unspools a nice, long segment on the latest failed attempt to remove oil company subsidies. It’s worth watching the whole thing:
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More on ramping down baseload power and ramping up storage
Baseload is going the way of VHS. We must shed our aversion to innovation so we can start actually planning for the energy system we want.
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George Bush’s hometown is running out of water, thanks to climate change
The president whose State Department thanked Exxon executives for their "active involvement" in helping to determine climate change policy is watching the town in which he grew up squirm in the grip of Texas' epic, climate change-enhanced drought.
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Black people get asthma so everybody else can get cheap power
African Americans are more likely than whites to live near coal-fired power plants -- and, not coincidentally, they have a 35 percent higher rate of asthma.