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Want to breathe new life into your city? Build a fence around it
Protecting local farms can be a recipe for urban revival, if Portland is any indication. Of course, that's easier said than done.
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We’ve come a long way, baby
Grist is turning 15, so we're exploiting our younger selves with the hope that you'll be amused enough to make a donation.
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Top 8 uses for non-laying hens (not including lunch)
What can you do with a chicken past her prime? Here are a few ideas.
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Night or day, this solar power plant always turns us on
The Gemasolar plant regularly provides nonstop solar power even after the sun's gone down or your lady-love leaves you.
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GOP leader calls anti-fracking congressman a terrorist
Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) thinks local communities should have control over fracking, and Republicans say that makes him a "terrorist" on a "jihad."
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This app will help you buy stores’ leftover food for cheap
Supermarkets plug in their excess food inventory along with a discounted price and time of availability.
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How to Phase Out Incentives and Grow Solar Energy
Over the next decade, solar electricity will let consumers get cheaper energy from their rooftop than from their utility. Among the upheaval in the electricity system, the coming of solar “grid parity” means re-thinking incentives for solar energy. The success of solar is remarkable, no less because the amount of federal subsidy in absolute terms […]
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Should we be calling it “climate disruption”?
White House science adviser John Holdren says the phrases "global warming" and "climate change" just aren't cutting it.
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Pipeline builder says oil spills can be good for the economy
Kinder Morgan, which is pushing to expand a tar-sands pipeline in Canada, says that "spills can have both positive and negative effects" on local economies.
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What happens to Fido when fracking comes to town?
Does fracking pose a threat to our household pets? A new book compiles anecdotes and lays out the issues.
