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Raise $500 in donations, and you can race a canoe through water filled with mercury and gonorrhea
Get out your regatta flags and your best boating cap -- this June 15, the Gowanus Dredgers will take on the Red Hook Boaters in the first Gowanus Challenge.
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Protecting Northwest Communities from Coal Dust Pollution
This week, the Sierra Club, several Waterkeepers, and other allies in the Northwest filed legal action that put companies on notice for coal pollution coming off of trains and polluting the region. The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the most spectacular, legendary waterways on the planet, such as the Columbia River Gorge and […]
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Who’s really in charge on EPA rules? A chat with legal scholar Lisa Heinzerling
Rules from EPA have to go through the president’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, where they are subjected to cost considerations not envisioned by Congress. Heinzerling explains what’s wrong with this system.
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We’ve got white roofs, so how about pastel pavement?
Out in California, Lawrence Berkeley Lab has a little showcase going on that demonstrates this simple idea.
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2012’s best images of Earth from space will make you love our planet even more
DAMN this is a good-looking planet! And lest you forget, NASA has collected its favorite satellite images and data visualizations from 2012.
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Other countries can’t get enough of U.S. sperm
We're over here trying to reduce population growth, and meanwhile the whole world is importing American sperm.
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Mainstream green is still too white
In Obama's first term, big environmental groups poured resources into congressional lobbying and corporate connections rather than environmental justice.
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Selling solar power in India’s slums
The country is fast outgrowing its electric grid. Are small-scale solar projects the solution?
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New Aussie Report Predicts More Drought from an ‘Energetic Climate’
Record heatwaves, droughts, bushfires, rainfall, coastal erosion can all be expected in Australia in the near-term, reports the country’s Climate Commission. According to this esteemed group of climate scientists, the increased extreme weather events are courtesy of man-made climate change. I must admit what really stood out to me after reading the Climate Commission’s most […]
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Even the Tea Party is pissed about the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’
Good thing, because it's going to take a lot of political power to defeat Big GMO Ag.
