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Friday music blogging: Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco's new album, her eleventy-millionth, is her most political in years, a clear response to the Tea Party and the Occupy movement. She's still got her knack for making radicalism into poetry.

David Roberts Uncategorized

Help come up with presidential debate questions that don’t suck

In the 20 Republican presidential debates so far, 839 questions were asked -- and more of them focused on the moon than on the earth. What green questions should we be asking the candidates?

Lisa Hymas Science

Why climate change is like a grizzly bear

Conservation Hawks founder Todd Tanner compares climate change to a charging grizzly bear and says he will give up his prized gun if anyone can prove it's not real.

Brad Johnson Science

Newest anti-Keystone activists: Tea Partiers

If there’s anything the Tea Party hates, it’s whatever the government is doing right now. Which means greens have picked up some unusual allies in the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline: Texas Tea Partiers who think the project violates property rights. “Crippling someone’s water supply knows no party line,” said Rita Beving, consultant to […]

Jess Zimmerman Energy

100-year-old sets cycling record

French centenarian Robert Marchand (that’s not him above, we just didn’t have permission to use the Reuters photo) has set a new cycling record: The furthest distance ridden in an hour in the 100-and-over category. Also, the smallest distance. Also, the first hour ride. There’s not a lot of competition in this age bracket.

Jess Zimmerman Transportation

Climate change threatens traditional [bird] marriage

Here’s a reason for Republicans to finally care about climate change: It threatens straight monogamous bird marriage. According to a new study, unpredictable climates cause birds to Gingrich it up, making them more likely to play the field rather than sticking with one partner.

Jess Zimmerman Science

One year in, GOP Solyndra investigation remains a gigantic nothingburger

One year after it started, the GOP investigation into Solyndra has found ... nothing. And independent analysts have found that the DOE loan guarantee program is on track and under budget. But Republicans aren't letting the facts stop their crusade.

David Roberts Climate & Energy

Damien Hirst to build eco-homes, possibly full of formaldehyde

World’s richest artist Damien Hirst, best known for preserved sharks and diamond-encrusted skulls and having his assistants make all his artwork, apparently owns an obscene amount of land in Ilfracombe parish, Devon, England. And he wants to use it to build a development of 500 “eco-homes.”

Jess Zimmerman Culture

Stand by for baby eagles on webcam!

[vodpod id=Video.16100351&w=425&h=350&fv=] Hey, remember the Decorah Eagle Cam? If you don’t, you probably never saw a baby eagle hatch on live streaming video, you poor fool. But now you have another chance! The mom eagle at the Decorah, Iowa fish hatchery is … pregnant? Do birds get “pregnant”? Anyway, let’s say she has a frittata […]