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A green utopia deep in Mississippi? This guy has a game plan
Kali Akuno wants to build an eco-village in the middle of Jackson, Miss. And so far, he's getting all the cooperation he needs.
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Lousiana has a crazy plan to save its sinking coastline
The state hopes to save its rapidly disappearing coastline with a 50-year, $50 billion plan based on science that’s never been tested and money it doesn’t have. What could go wrong?
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Coal giant exploits the global poor to save its own hide
Peabody Energy, the world's biggest private coal company, is trying to pitch itself as a friend of poor people. Oh, the ironies abound.
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The Supreme Court has no time for BP’s BS
SCOTUS denied the oil giant's request to take another look at the Deepwater Horizon settlement.
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Paris plans to ban cars from its city center
To fight smog, the city's badass mayor wants to outlaw unnecessary traffic, ban all diesel cars, and double the number of bike lanes.
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Why environmentalists should support the Black Lives Matter protests
Still missing the connection between the fight for the planet and the movement that has grown out of the killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner? Let us explain.
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Adapting to climate change will cost much more than we thought
And we still don't know how in the world to pay for it. That's the bottom line of a jarring new report from the U.N. Environment Fund.
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A Republican rep calls for his party to “recognize the reality” of climate change
Chris Gibson, whose upstate New York district has been hit hard by mega-storms, plans to introduce a climate-related resolution in the House.
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Is there such thing as a “green” poinsettia?
A reader wants an eco-friendly holiday plant option. Umbra poinsettias out the obvious.
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We can feed the world without chopping down more forests
And we should, even if that means -- gasp! -- using synthetic fertilizers.
