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The Guardian says your cats are a climate menace
A Guardian writer argues for a drastic rethink of America's love of pets. First up: golden retriever time-shares.
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How solar energy cuts electric grid costs
With solar power, “we can avoid that $100 million investment in transmission lines, distribution lines, in capital infrastructure…” That was Vice President of Environmental Affairs Michael Deering of the Long Island Power Authority in a remarkable podcast interview, explaining how local solar energy can help offset expensive grid upgrades for bringing in remote power generation, […]
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Californians, stop watering your lawns — for real this time
The entire state is now officially in drought, with a quarter in "exceptional drought." Gov. Jerry Brown says this is no time to waste water on landscaping.
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BP won’t pay for Gulf oil spill research
The oil giant whines that it has forked out a lot for research already, and can't understand why it should have to pay more.
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An Occupy founder says the next revolution will be rural
Former Occupier Micah White wants to spark micro-movements in small towns across the country. Tiny Nehalem, Ore., is his test lab.
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Ask Umbra: Is it safer to ride a bike or drive a car?
A reader is worried about becoming road pizza. Umbra breaks out the pie charts.
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Fighting city hall is easier than running it, Richmond’s green reformers find
The progressive alliance that took over local government in Richmond, Calif., has slashed the crime rate and raised taxes on Chevron. But every win has been a struggle.
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Decades-old pollution loophole still burns people of color and the poor
Environmental justice advocates have called on President Obama to crack down on refineries that knowingly dump on their human neighbors. It’s been a long time coming.
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The New “CIA”
As I write this, a new CIA, the Cowboy and Indian Alliance, is completing six days of a tipi encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Throughout the past week Indigenous people from Canada, Idaho, South Dakota, Minnesota, Oklahoma and elsewhere have joined with ranchers and farmers from Nebraska to dramatize and bring to […]
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Germany’s key to clean energy is … this coal mine?
A German engineer wants to turn an old mine, half a mile underground, into a giant battery.
