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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 […]
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Food Mythbusters: Do we need industrial agriculture to feed the world? [VIDEO]
These new explainer videos (a la "The Story of Stuff") aim to unpack the biggest myths about the food you eat. The first one asks: Is Big Ag necessary to stave off hunger?
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Fertilizer companies and climate change are killing the Dead Sea
The Dead Sea has gone dry in the past. It may be on its way to doing so again.
