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Critical List: New rules for fracking’s air pollution; prehistoric microbes live
Natural gas companies have to work on sending less methane and other hazardous compounds into the air, according to new EPA rules. The House passed that new Keystone XL provision. Oregon towns on the coast are toying with the idea of becoming major coal export ports. But it’s maaaaybe not the best idea.
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Maryland blazes the trail to get arsenic out of chicken feed
A new Maryland law will keep arsenic out of chicken feed -- and out of a good portion of the waterways in one of the densest chicken-producing parts of the United States.
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The barter economy — coming soon to a backyard near you
Toting a loaf of homemade bread, her boyfriend’s beef jerky, and a couple of bottles of her very own Thunder Sauce, Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, sets off for the neighborhood bartering session.
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Milk Not Jails: Building a new urban-rural alliance in New York
A New York grassroots campaign called Milk Not Jails sees supporting small dairy farms -- not building more prisons -- as a path to rural and urban renewal alike.
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And yet more travel!
April’s been an insane month for me. I gave an hour-long talk on climate at the Monterey Institute (which featured my first-ever PowerPoint presentation!), which I believe was recorded and might be available some time soon (assuming I don’t watch it and decide to delete all copies). Then I went to Pierson College at Yale […]
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U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff
Federal funding for clean technology is poised to dry up by the end of 2014. What new and better investments should we be making in cleantech? A new report has some great ideas.
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While Walmart boasts ‘sustainability,’ shrimp factory workers protest
Migrant packers at a Thai seafood factory with strong ties to Walmart claim they're being underpaid and kept against their will.
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Kangaroo genitals are weirder than you ever thought possible
Animal lovers, listen up: Critters are cute and everything, but you should know that nature is fucking weird. And nothing fucks weirder than kangaroos.
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Forest service to explode frozen cows
Last fall, cows that were grazing on federal land in Colorado took refuge in a cabin, then froze to death or were trapped by cows' general inability to figure out how to exit thngs. Now their carcasses are thousand-pound blocks of frozen meat, and rangers aren't sure how to dislodge them.
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America could power a city on all the small-scale hydroelectric power we’re not harvesting
Every year, America misses out on 1.2 million megawatt-hours of electricity, enough to power a small city. Where's it all going? Literally, it's being flushed down the drain.
