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America’s worst food deserts: Map-lovers edition
Walkscore's got the skinny on which cities do a good job of offering groceries within walking distance and which fail. Go ahead, zoom in!
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Join Grist and SXSW ECO for a Big Idea fest (and free drinks!) in Seattle
We’re teaming up with the the smart kids from Austin to shape the upcoming South By Southwest Eco event. Join us!
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Fisheries and Aquaculture Fact Sheet
The world fish catch is a measure of the productivity and health of the oceanic ecosystem that covers 70 percent of the earth’s surface. The extent to which world demand for seafood is outrunning the sustainable yield of fisheries can be seen in shrinking fish stocks, declining catches, and collapsing fisheries. Seafood plays a vital […]
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Here’s why B.C.’s carbon tax is super popular — and effective
Just before the economic collapse in 2008, the Canadian province passed a tax on carbon emissions. Five years later, it's a case study in smart climate policy.
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Toto, our wind turbines are safe for another year!
Conservative lobbyists keep trying to kill Kansas' alternative energy mandate, and keep failing. On the plains, wind has support from both left and right.
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One California oil town keeps fracking in check — by banning all drilling
Flummoxed by an oil company's changing stories, Carson City plays tough -- and faces a longer battle.
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Here’s how rooftop gardens can empower women and tame population growth
It's a few easy steps from rooftop gardens to empowered women to reduced population growth to a cleaner environment. A new short film maps that path.
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Can we eat our way out of the invasive carp problem?
Invasive Asian fish are breeding like rabbits in American waterways, and pushing everything else out. Let's push back with our plates.
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North Carolinians Want Coal Ash Safeguards Now
The controversy continues almost two months after a Duke Energy spill of toxic coal ash into the Dan River. First, the Waterkeeper Alliance discovered Duke Energy dumping some 61 million gallons of coal ash wastewater into yet another waterway – the Cape Fear River. Duke Energy has been cited eight times since the Feb. 2 […]
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Making food deserts bloom takes more than just a baptism of kale
Delivering healthy food to underserved urban communities takes more than just good intentions and fresh veggies. It also needs hard work and smarts.
