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Turkey’s nutty green idea for heating its eco-city? Pistachios
The heat for Turkey's new eco-city has gotta come from somewhere, so why not from nature’s snack wrapper?
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Corn waste-based ethanol could be worse for the climate than gasoline
Cellulosic ethanol was supposed to be a climate savior, but a new study casts doubt on that assumption.
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Students Sit-In, Rally to Get Washington University to Cut Ties With Peabody Coal
If you’re looking for clean energy inspiration, we’ve had lots of it this past week, courtesy of a phenomenal group of Washington University (St. Louis) students who are holding a sit-in until the school cuts ties with Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company. For almost two weeks now, students have been holding a sit-in […]
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Street artist Swoon takes on rising sea levels and drowning communities
"Submerged Motherlands" addresses the loss of people's homelands due to rising sea levels. Swoon talks the new exhibit and artists' role in fighting climate change.
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The secret life of Rust Belt beekeepers
In Buffalo and Pittsburgh, urban beekeepers are taking sustainable food production into their own hands -- sometimes in secret.
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Numbers on the board: The Gulf Coast, four years after the BP disaster
BP says the coast is clear. Here are the numbers. You be the judge.
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When it comes to climate change, don’t think of the children
Rather than foisting the effects of climate change on imaginary grandkids, let’s acknowledge how it's already harming people.
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Here’s how the media is getting the story on cities & millennials wrong
The trendsetters at the New York Times tell us that millennials are flocking to urban centers. That’s partly true, but not just for the reasons the Times mentions.
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“Climate change war” is not a metaphor
The U.S. military is preparing for conflict, retired Navy Rear Adm. David Titley says in an interview.
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The Opportunity to Overturn Three Costly Values in Our Energy System
Earlier this year I worked as an election judge for the city of Minneapolis. It was the city’s second experience with ranked choice voting, a system where instead of voting for a single candidate, you get to pick your top three choices. If your first choice candidate is mathematically eliminated from winning, your vote is […]
