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The cold revolution: Ski bums unite to save our snow
The first generation of snow sports hot shots is looking for meaning, and they're finding it in the struggle to solve climate change.
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Population math explained: Growth rate is down, total is up [VIDEO]
Over the past 50 years, the growth rate of the global population has slowed, but our overall numbers keep going up and up. Check out video explainers.
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How Inhofe turns balloon animals into 'news'
Sen. James Inhofe blows so much hot air about climate change, he should work children's parties.
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Solyndra witch hunt halts world's largest residential solar project
The push to make government clean energy investments look bad after the Solyndra bankruptcy is hindering major job-creating solar projects development
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Friday music blogging: Noah & the Whale
Noah & the Whale is a UK indie-folk band. If you guessed what their name is about without googling, you may be a terminal hipster.
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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?