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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.
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Can we make nature even better?
A new book reexamines traditional views of wilderness, asserting that human influence over nature is undeniable.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Food Studies: the science of cookie texture
Water activity and moisture migration sound complex, but make all the difference between chewy and crispy cookies.
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Guilty as charged: proof of 'human fingerprints' on climate change
A Yale report showed Americans want evidence from experts that human activity causes climate change. Here are eight handy charts proving our impact.
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Republican anti-EPA jihad, explained
National Journal's Ronald Brownstein has an excellent column on the unusual party discipline of House Republicans have displayed in recent votes against EPA regulations.
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This amazing off-grid hobbit house cost less than $5,000 to build
Self-taught builder Simon Dale constructed this straight-out-of-a-fantasy-novel house in four months for less than $5,000. The house is designed for low-impact building and low-impact living: it was made from reclaimed lumber and salvaged materials, and the Dales live off the grid, with a compost toilet, a green roof, spring-sourced water, and natural heating and cooling. […]
