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The newest gourmet coffee is made out of elephant poop
You can pay $50 for the privilege of drinking coffee made from beans that an elephant shit out. Or you could just buy yourself a pair of pants.
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Thanks to warming, ozone hole second-smallest in 20 years
It's almost like unified international action can address environmental problems!
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The Great Transition, Part I: From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy
By Lester R. Brown The great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way. As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about pollution and climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old energy economy, […]
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Feed your soil — and the rest will follow
What absorbs water, nutrients, and CO2, while helping even the biggest corn and soy farms hurdle many of the most pressing climate obstacles? Healthy soil, that's what.
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The gift of garbage: A first-timer tries her hand at ‘upcycling’
Grist's green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, dives into her own dumpster and emerges with a veritable craft fair of useful reusables.
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How green is LEED anyway?
How green is LEED anyway? A new report from USA Today says, not so much.
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Sugary sodas make kids wanna smash
Sugar riot! Harvard study shows a correlation between sweet sodas and violence in kids.
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Help sponsor food justice for only 10 cents a day
A new report out today (Food Day!) shows a $2.55 minimum wage increase would just barely impact food costs for American families.
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Guess where all of our new energy came from last month? (Hint: Not coal)
At this rate, we'll be renewable-only just a few short decades after we're all dead!
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Liquid metal battery inventor goes on Colbert, still manages to teach us some stuff
[protected-iframe id=”1dfecc6778c0925b1ef0f4f3c3eb5d3e-5104299-30166106″ info=”http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:420372″ width=”460″ height=”288″] Donald Sadoway, MIT materials science professor and inventor of a new liquid metal battery that could revolutionize energy storage, went on Stephen Colbert’s show last night. The segment wasn’t all that funny, per se, but it was surprisingly informative — Sadoway didn’t get rattled by Colbert’s “relentless ignoramus” routine, and […]
