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Snow made from sewage looks like someone peed on it
It wasn't supposed to be this way.
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Virginia AG Cuccinelli leads charge to yank renewable energy credits
It's certainly got nothing to do with his political ambitions, of course.
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North Frackota’s population boom means more young men — and more problems
Thanks to the fracking boom, the ratio of men to women tops 3 to 2 in some places of North Dakota -- and harassment and assault are on the rise.
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Aisle be damned: How Big Food dominates your supermarket choices
We can’t shop our way out of a broken food system, says Wenonah Hauter. The head of Food & Water Watch talks about her book "Foodopoly" and taking on the corporate system.
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Grist comic wins population prize; babies still happening
The Population Institute honors our illustrated feature "7 Billion, Unpacked."
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‘Sustainable communities’ give Glenn Beck nightmares
Glenn Beck made this fun word cloud of his biggest green fears, from "social justice" to "restoration." Thanks, Glenn Beck!
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Farmers hope to plow the way for sustainable U.S. hemp
Farmers in Colorado, Kentucky, and Virginia want to plant hemp, federal government be damned.
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Broad support and $1 will get a pol a cup of coffee
Public support for action on climate change keeps increasing -- but nothing will happen without a loud, active, well-funded faction threatening to punish intransigent politicians at the ballot box.
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Oh no, the Doomsday Clock didn’t change at all
Despite our inexorably advancing toward massive climate upheaval, the archaic Doomsday Clock stayed at 11:55.
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California’s nutty farmland values are spiking
An overseas appetite for California almonds and pistachios has sent farm values soaring.
