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Will new LEED standards allow for clearcut timber?

Environmentalists say that proposed changes to LEED green building standards will undercut forest protection.

Spokes Patrol: Bike cops out in force at Occupy Portland

Portland Police have made an art of policing public protests by bicycle, and man do they know how to spoil a good party.

Buy a dozen, give a dozen

What happens when the TOMS Shoes -- get a pair, give a pair -- model gets applied to food? A New York program is trying it out with pastured eggs.

Ask Umbra: What's up with plastic made from plants?

Grist's new head honcho can't get his head around compostable, plant-based plastic. Umbra breaks it down.

McKibben asks Occupy Wall Streeters to join Keystone pipeline protest [VIDEO]

Climate activist Bill McKibben brought his anti-Keystone-pipeline message to a big Occupy Wall Street crowd gathered in Washington Square in New York City.

Can we make nature even better?

A new book reexamines traditional views of wilderness, asserting that human influence over nature is undeniable.

Local solar could power the Mountain West right now, all of America in 2026

If the U.S. had kept pace with German solar installation, we'd be on our way to being a 100 percent solar-powered nation.

Keystone-pipeline protestors link their movement to Occupy Wall Street

In keeping with the Occupy Wall Street movement, activists in Washington, D.C., on Friday protested the Keystone XL pipeline outside the State Department.

Red states, green jobs

It's too bad conservative lawmakers want to shut the South's booming clean economy down, since green jobs fight poverty in the region.

Where’s the contraceptive for overconsumption? [VIDEO]

"What we need to really find for the future is the contraceptive for overconsumption," says Mother Jones reporter Julia Whitty in this PBS video.