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Featured Friend: Ellen C.
Each month, we showcase one of our beloved Friends with Benefits — folks who have donated to support our work. Want to take your relationship with Grist to the next level? Just donate any amount to join the fun. Ellen C. “Ever since I stumbled upon Grist last year, it’s taken over as my favorite information source […]
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How Archaic Utility Rules Stall Local Solar [Infographic]
Many people expect that solar power will dramatically expand once it bursts through the cost barrier and becomes less expensive than grid electricity. But archaic utility rules can effectively cap local solar development at just 15% of peak demand. Fortunately, pioneering states like Hawaii and California are exploring ways to lift the cap and bring […]
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Sandy could result in kinder, gentler subway rats
If the dominant rats were further down in the tunnels, mostly submissive rats would have survived. Which could make rats nicer overall. Maybe. Probably not.
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Breezy Point, Queens, reels from hurricane-caused inferno [VIDEO]
The quaint seaside hamlet became a scene of devastation after gale-force winds abetted a fire that ultimately leveled over 100 homes.
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Mayor Bloomberg’s ASL interpreter was the unsung hero of Sandy
Lydia Callis kept New Yorkers sane, and gave them something awesome to look at during a tense time.
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The most first-worldy complaints about superstorm Sandy
Superstorm Sandy has brought on some serious #firstworldproblems for Wall Street traders and CEOs in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.
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Baby walrus perfectly safe after superstorm
He was at an aquarium in Coney Island, not exactly best place to weather the storm. The entire place was underwater, and not in the way aquariums usually are.
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The Great Transition, Part II: Building a Wind-Centered Economy
By Lester R. Brown In the race to transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy and avoid runaway climate change, wind has opened a wide lead on both solar and geothermal energy. Solar panels, with a capacity totaling 70,000 megawatts, and geothermal power plants, with a capacity of some 11,000 megawatts, are generating […]
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Woman wants memorial for fish that died in a traffic accident
An Orange County woman wants there to be a memorial for some fish that got in a car accident. Yes, she's a member of PETA, why do you ask?
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Sandy wipes out biggest beekeeping operation in New York City
Superstorm Sandy destroyed hives that were home to a million bees in Brooklyn, a blow to efforts to develop bees well-suited to New York City.
