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The most important fish in the sea
Menhaden are vital for a clean and healthy ocean ecosystem -- and they're in trouble.
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Unfair and balanced: Is U.S. reporting too soft on climate skeptics?
Does American media's attempt to be fair and balanced in their climate coverage give too much weight to climate deniers?
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Should California adopt the German solar model?
When it comes to luxury cars, beer, chocolate, and solar power, we should just acknowledge that Germans do it better. But if sunny California adopts their tariff system, they could pay even less for solar energy than cloudy Deutschland.
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Plastic purge: Trouble on every aisle
It took me two hours to buy five days' worth of groceries that didn't have any plastic packaging. Two hours! WTF?
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Me, talking about the conservatism of the power industry
David Roberts and his beard sat down to chat with the folks at EnergyNow about a Black & Veatch survey of utility executives.
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New transportation bill strays offtrack
A transportation bill should make investments in infrastructure repair, not cut funding.
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Anatomy of a solar PV system
Solar photovoltaic gets a lot of attention compared to other forms of clean energy, but the attention is deserved.
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On Independence Day, towns take back their streets from cars
For one day each year, humanity descends on an otherwise inhumane landscape, pedestrians boldly take back the public realm, and my hometown feels like a community again.
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GOP introduces slash-and-burn budget for the environment
The Tea Party bill includes major funding cuts for climate protection and axes protections for air, water, and land.
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Nuclear power is fine — it's corporate power that's dangerous
In the Guardian, George Monbiot argues that nuclear power was the least of Fukushima's problems. Sure, the nuclear industry is corrupt and regulation-resistant -- but name a power industry that isn't. When it comes to health threats, says Monbiot, the conscienceless scumbags in the nuclear industry are miles ahead of all the other conscienceless scumbags.
