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Women’s rights are key to slowing population growth
The best way to slow growth is ensuring that people can make choices about childbearing. But fertility rates remain high where women's status is low.
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Women, population, and the age of the ‘Black Swan’
World population doubled in the last half-century to nearly 7 billion people. To address population growth, we need to advance and secure women's rights.
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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.
