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Carbon dioxide levels made a big, scary jump in 2012
Last year saw the second-biggest spike in CO2 levels on record, meaning we're even less likely to meet goals for keeping climate change in check.
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Clean Break Inspires Americans to Pursue “Energy Change”
Renewable energy journalist Osha Gray Davidson recently released a book called Clean Break, detailing the German Energiewende (translation: energy change). It’s a story of how the Germans systematically shifted to clean energy, finding as they proceeded that the possibilities were greater, the costs lower, and the benefits for ordinary citizens more prodigious than anyone could […]
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Mind-bending four-dimensional graffiti takes street art to the next level
Street artist INSA paints, photographs, re-paints, and re-photographs his works over a span of days, resulting in a piece of graffiti art that becomes really special when viewed as a time-lapse animation.
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Learning from the cap-and-trade debate
The author of a much-discussed report on failed climate legislation reflects on what she's learned, and what activists need to do next.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Skocpol cap-and-trade report
Been wondering what's up with Theda Skocpol's climate-bill report you've been hearing about? Here's the deal.
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Peak What? Ask Barbie and Mickey Mouse
Peak Oil is the concept that new discoveries of commercially exploitable oil resources do not keep pace with growing demand. By extrapolating the data, you can estimate when we will run out of it for all practical purposes. There are a lot of disagreements about whether we have reached Peak Oil or when the downhill […]
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Don’t try to get anything done in D.C., even driving
D.C. has the worst gridlock. Twice over.
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This cheat sheet will make you win every climate argument
Ever find yourself around the dinner table at a loss for good climate arguments? Follow this flowchart!
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Seven unlikely supporters of Obama’s EPA nominee
Over her two-decade career, Gina McCarthy has drawn unusual praise from Republican and energy-industry admirers.
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Your new Grist front page — tried and tested
You, the jury, made your choice! We tested two different versions of our homepage and are adopting the simpler one that performed better.
