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The greenest mile: Chicago pushes the limits on sustainable streets
Officials in the Windy City just finished an extreme green makeover of an industrial thoroughfare. OK: It may not be much to look at, but wait till you see what’s inside.
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A new ‘golden age of oil’ in the U.S.? Don’t believe it
Those like Mitt Romney who claim that the U.S. can achieve energy “independence” by 2020 are delusional. "Extreme energy" is an extreme dead end.
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We’re No. 1! (In climate denier coverage)
A recent study indicates that the U.S. ranks first in newspapers giving voice to climate deniers. Somewhere Jim Inhofe is doing a tap dance.
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Friday music blogging: The Tallest Man On Earth
Kristian Matsson has a simple thing going: he plays guitar and sings. His records are self-produced, lo-fi affairs, the songs rarely adorned with anything beyond a single guitar, sometimes acoustic, sometimes jangly, open-tuned electric. That’s not easy to pull off, but the Swedish Matsson — who records as The Tallest Man On Earth — has […]
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Does early snow disprove global warming?
Ha ha no. What are you, stupid? Come on. Grow up.
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This bacterium eats toxic liquid and poops out gold
Cupriavidus metallidurans can eat toxic gold chloride and excrete pure gold. This is not so useful as science. But it makes good art!
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Finally! Chipotle signs deal to pay tomato pickers more
The agreement brings an end to a long fight between the restaurant chain and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
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How to make energy journalism better
Media critic Jay Rosen asked David Roberts what kind of energy journalism the world needs. Here's the answer.
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Green group buys up Wyoming oil leases to stop drilling
The Trust for Public Land has struck a deal to buy $8.75 million worth of oil and gas leases, to make sure the oil and gas don't get drilled.
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More jobs lost as wind tax credit nears expiration. Congress, you listening?
A ball-bearing manufacturer in South Carolina announces plans to close a plant, thanks to GOP unwillingness to extend a key wind tax credit.
