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Twitterstorm rising: On Rio eve, sharing a call to end fossil fuel subsidies
Can 350.org outdo Justin Bieber in setting records on Twitter? And can that possibly make a difference to the planet?
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Electric cars: A shopper’s cheat sheet
There are plenty of EV models to choose from these days, which makes for a complicated decision. Here's a table with basic stats on the major electric and plug-in hybrid cars.
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Hot dam: Hydropower continues to grow
World hydroelectric power generation has been rising steadily for 40 years. But there's still enormous potential in unconventional hydropower like tidal and wave projects.
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Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies Must Be One of the Major Outcomes of Rio+20
What if I told you that governments around the world were spending almost $1 trillion dollars a year to subsidize activities that are driving global warming? What if I told you that the leaders of the major countries had committed to phase-out these fossil fuel subsidies in 2009 but they hadn’t really done much to […]
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Friday music blogging: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
The song “Home,” by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, was the best song of 2009. Most of the world didn’t discover it until 2010, when for some reason it started being used in a ton of TV shows and commercials. However, lucky listeners to my 2009 mix were ahead of the curve. Basically cooler […]
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It’s summertime, and energy is on our minds
As the days get longer, more and more Americans are cranking up their air conditioners and turning on their fans. Meanwhile, their energy costs continue to climb—and they’re feeling it. In a poll last week, nearly 8 out of 10 people said saving on energy costs was deeply important to them—more important than issues like the […]
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Cabo Pulmo: The reef so nice, they saved it twice
The Mexican government announced today that a proposed development just outside a national marine park would be cancelled.
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Rio: Let’s unleash the power of people back home
Since the first Rio Earth Summit, the global environmental picture has gotten even more grim. Our mistake, argues longtime conservationist Spencer Beebe, was believing that top-down solutions could save the planet.
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The best, fastest, CRAZIEST urban cyclists in the world
We cannot say this enough: DO NOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING IN THIS VIDEO.
