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And yet more travel!
April’s been an insane month for me. I gave an hour-long talk on climate at the Monterey Institute (which featured my first-ever PowerPoint presentation!), which I believe was recorded and might be available some time soon (assuming I don’t watch it and decide to delete all copies). Then I went to Pierson College at Yale […]
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A chat with Chris Mooney about The Republican Brain
Science journalist Chris Mooney talks about the GOP's war on science and the psychological differences between liberals and conservatives.
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Help us get haiku
We asked for your best Earth Day haikus, and you rhymed beyond reason. Vote now to help Grist pick a winner!
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Beyond hugging trees: Russian forest activist puts her life on the line, inspires democracy movement
Evgenia Chirikova won a Goldman Environmental Prize for her crusade to stop an illegal road through a preserved forest outside Moscow. Her work has inspired activists all over Russia -- and now the world.
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What does your ideal street look like? A smart growth expert weighs in
Planner and smart-growth advocate Mike Lydon talks bike-friendly cities and bike-unfriendly cops, livable streets, and his ideal streetscape.
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For Earth Day, let’s get haiku together
Retire one haiku and inspire another one! Email. Tweet. Repeat.
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Michigan State University stands up to Big Coal
Michigan State operates the largest coal plant on a college campus in the nation. Students are pressuring the administration to retire it.
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Getting the market to tell the truth
Cross-posted from Earth Policy Institute. Moving the global economy off its current decline-and-collapse path depends on reaching four goals: stabilizing climate, stabilizing population, eradicating poverty, and restoring the economy’s natural support systems. These goals—comprising what the Earth Policy Institute calls “Plan B” to save civilization—are mutually dependent. All are essential to feeding the world’s people. […]
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Street people: In San Francisco, humans reclaim the right-of-way [SLIDESHOW]
In the City by the Bay, when the weather is nice, people have taken to lounging, cycling, and otherwise making themselves right at home -- in the middle of the streets.
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10 foods with more ammonia than pink slime
Ammonia isn't just in pink slime. Here are 10 common foods that have even more of the stuff (including bleu cheese).
