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Watch New York’s unexpected food heroes make salt and forage in the parks
The Perennial Plate explores how beautifully off-beat foodies are growing a healthy food scene in New York.
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2014 was a record year for transit, but that’s not as rad as it sounds
We'll give you an E for effort, America, but New York City gets most of the credit.
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Will the GOP try to block a climate deal just like they did with an Iran deal?
Senate Republicans attempted to undermine Obama on nuclear talks with Iran. Don’t expect them to behave any better around climate talks.
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Climate change is baking Alaska
Alaska is the canary in the climate coal mine, and that bird is in trouble.
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Wind could power a third of America’s electricity by 2050
The wind industry would support 600,000 jobs by then, too.
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EPA chief Gina McCarthy pulls off a miracle in Newark
She not only just launched a cutting-edge pollution monitoring program, she also brought arch rivals Cory Booker and Ras Baraka together.
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Here’s the movie you should send your climate-apathetic friends to see
"Merchants of Doubt" feels like a dystopian science fiction film -- except it’s a documentary, and it’s about shady climate science in the United States right now.
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These urban farmers want to feed the whole neighborhood — for free
The Beacon Food Forest plants the heirloom seeds of a real sharing economy.
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Should you care about how much water it takes to make your favorite foods?
Grist’s science editor Amelia Urry appeared on MSNBC’s Greenhouse to talk about how our water usage has more to do with food than what comes out of our faucets.
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R2D2 is in your barn, milking your cows
Robots to milk and tend dairy cows could reduce the total number of farmers, but give the remaining ones more time to think (and sleep).
