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Congress will likely go on recess without any resolution on farm bill
To be fair, doing nothing is more fun than doing work.
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The secrets drillers can hide about the fracking in your backyard
The majority of states where fracking occurs have no disclosure laws at all, and those that do exist are pretty pitiful. Check out these maps to see how your state measures up.
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Coal-generating power company in Illinois likely to file for bankruptcy
Another indicator that coal-based power systems are an endangered species.
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Happy free birth control day!
Obamacare's efforts to undermine all that is good in America are finally paying off.
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Senate to Europe: Get your laws off our carbon
originally published in GRIP In a memorable TV ad saluting the hard work of Olympic athletes, swimmer Ryan Lochte reveals how he made it to the Games in London: “I swam here.” That would be one way to avoid the modest cost of carbon pollution permits required for aviation under the EU’s Emission Trading System. […]
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One latte uses as much carbon as an entire year of dicking around on Facebook
As guilty pleasures go, Grist List is officially endorsing Facebook, and not just because it’s great for us when you share our funny-awesome-holyshit-cool stories with all your friends and they click on our site and hooray! No, it’s not our self-interest but our love for the planet that is motivating this endorsement. Because of the […]
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The world’s about to get its first entirely solar-powered country
By next week, the tiny island nation Tokelau will be the first solar-powered country in the world.
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Use of dispersants at BP spill may have wiped out middle of the Gulf food web
Dispersants have been shown to kill plankton, a critical part of the food web. The impacts of this may not be known for years.
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Let the games begin: The rush for resources in Greenland
With signs of fast ice melt on the island, Europe is racing to figure out who gets what.
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Here’s the real story behind this see-through hermit crab
This awesome photo of a hermit crab in a glass shell has been going around the internet, attached to a story about New Zealand scientists using the glass shells to lay bare the crabs’ inner workings. Which leaves out the coolest part: You can buy one for yourself. (I mean, for your own hermit crabs. […]
