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As the 99 Percenters gather, 1 percent could make a difference
Vote with your wallet: Invest 1 percent of your savings in local food.
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A look at CHP markets across the country: Sometimes supportive policies aren't enough
This post was written by Anna Chittum, Senior Policy Analyst at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and a contributing author at the ACEEE blog. Here at ACEEE we love combined heat and power (CHP). CHP is a critical, affordable, and proven energy resource that can produce electricity and thermal energy at the same […]
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USDA offers help to beginning farmers. Will it be enough?
A new round of grants for beginning farmers worth $18 million promotes sustainable changes. But it's a just drop in the bucket compared to what we need.
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Buy a $150,000 bag of onions to save a family farm
Oh man, you're probably wishing you hadn't spent that $4,500 on a Rick Perry head planter yesterday. If you'd saved it, you could have put it towards ... well, a bag of onions, but also they'll throw in some dirt!
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Food Studies: Who's doing the judging in the food justice movement?
Being an advocate for food justice sounds good -- but can you actually explain what that means?
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Clean air and clean energy successes — and some rap
Who doesn’t love good news? Let’s start with something catchy — maybe a soundtrack as you read the rest of this column. This week we released a video created by DJ Steve Porter, known for his innovative “remix” videos, featuring celebrities, sports stars, and now Michael Bloomberg, philanthropist and mayor of New York City, and […]
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As if they haven't done enough for you, trees also increase property values
Trees, man! They produce oxygen, they cool the planet, they make you smarter, and it turns out they also make your house worth more. It's like a Shel Silverstein book or something.
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Guitar Antihero 4: Gibson's crusade is off-key with U.S. workers
The Tea Party and Gibson Guitar CEO Henry Juszkiewicz say restricting illegal logging overseas will cost jobs, but American companies and unions beg to differ.
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Peebottle Farms: Chicken expertology
How are chickens like us? Are they easy to care for? Can you feed them onions? Here's what I learned in my first three months.
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Coal is the enemy of the human race, mainstream economics edition
Coal-fired power is a gigantic, blood-sucking parasite that's enriching a few executives and shareholders at the public's expense, a new report suggests.
