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Lake Erie’s Great Garbage Patch is even denser than the one in the Atlantic
Oceans aren't the only bodies of water where tiny bits of plastic are collecting into huge, polluting concentrations.
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Chapter 1. Food: The Weak Link
The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third. World food prices have more than doubled, triggering a worldwide land rush and ushering in a new geopolitics of food. Food is the new oil. Land is the […]
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Arkansas: Exxon’s latest spill and spin zone
Exxon’s top lobbyist, Ken Cohen, called my colleagues and me liars this weekend. In a post entitled “Five lies they’re telling you about the Mayflower pipeline spill,” he said: “What I thought I’d talk about today are the top five inaccuracies being spread by anti-fossil fuel activists seeking to capitalize on this unfortunate event.” That’s […]
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Fighting for Environmental Justice in Omaha
Ever since President Obama invited the American public to a national climate conversation, thousands of Americans have taken him up on that offer by participating in town hall meetings held by the Sierra Club and our allies. I’d like to highlight one of these events I found particularly powerful and worthy of more attention. North […]
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Utility “Gets Ready” for More Local Energy in Hawai’i
Hawai’an solar advocates are celebrating after the island state’s largest utility, Hawai’ian Electric (HECO) filed a plan with the public utility commission to take a “proactive approach” to adding more distributed solar to their grid system. Utilities across the country typically use “conservative blanket limits” on the amount of renewable energy allowed on local circuits […]
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Someone stole 11,000 pounds of Nutella and I wish it was me
They're going to have a hard time eating it all, but we are willing to help.
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How Thatcher made the conservative case for climate action
In her later years, Margaret Thatcher tried to water down her climate legacy, but as prime minister, she rallied the world behind global action.
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Is the Keystone XL pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of the climate movement?
If so, that may not be a good thing -- because unlike gay rights or other issues of basic human justice, climate change comes with a time limit.
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For Cleveland, climate change could mean tons of toxic green algae
Heavy agriculture and global warming are aligning to produce nasty algae blooms in the Great Lakes, scientists say.
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Why nature happens on the margins in cities — and why that could be a good thing
Most U.S. urbanites live near parks -- but do they have enough "greenness" in their lives? The new website City Nature shows the disparities between rich and poor.
