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Watch an engine take itself apart, clean itself, and put itself back together
When your stuff breaks, the world is usually better off if you can fix or refurbish it rather than throwing it out and buying a new one. But that’s hard and not everyone knows how to do it, especially with complicated stuff like engines.
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Our coal, such a steal! Peabody Energy’s sham auction goes down
While the media focused on the healthcare decision, the federal government just sold a little piece of Wyoming to a private company for a fraction of its worth.
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Boxer blinks, OKs a train wreck of a transportation bill
After months of wrangling, the House and Senate have settled on a final transportation bill. It's not pretty.
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Me, on the radio, talking climate, media, EPA, and stuff
Yesterday I appeared on the radio show On the Green Front, talking about various and sundry things including my TEDx talk, the federal appeals court ruling in favor of EPA, and the paucity of environmental news sources. Before me came Roz Savage, who’s paddling solo across various oceans to raise awareness of climate and whose […]
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Coal plants: Filthy, dangerous, and now a terrible investment!
Ignore the industry's wheezing protestations: The days of affordable coal-fired power are over, and a new Sierra Club report shows how, social and environmental damages aside, new coal plants are just lousy investments.
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Featured Friend: Regina A.
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. Regina A. “Over the past few months I’ve developed quite the obsession with Grist because of the great […]
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Crying Over Colorado
Reading the piece below by Julia Olson made me cry. One of the big memories of my childhood is a one-month vacation trip my family took when I was 14 years old, driving from Lancaster, Pa. to Colorado and staying in Manitou Springs, just outside of Colorado Springs, for two weeks. Now, Manitou Springs is […]
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Climate change deniers, you should get together with Beatles deniers
Yes, along with those who deny that human action is the primary cause of this century’s global warming, there are people who deny that the Beatles ever existed. Their basic argument: There was never just one group of 4 individuals calling themselves “The Beatles” who rose to world stardom.There were multiples of each character performing […]
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Two Views of Our Future
No previous civilization has survived the ongoing destruction of its natural supports. Nor will ours. Yet economists look at the future through a different lens. Relying heavily on economic data to measure progress, they see the near 10-fold growth in the world economy since 1950 and the associated gains in living standards as the crowning […]
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All oil is foreign
…originally posted at GRIP… When the political class focuses on the perils of fossil fuel dependence, they almost always use the word “foreign” before “oil”. This is redundant. Oil is inherently foreign. All of it. Oil is foreign to democracy. In an election cycle flooded by unrestricted political money, oil money stands out as the […]
