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E.U. carbon fraud: Could it happen here?
Cross-posted from Sightline’s Daily Score blog. Europe’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) cap-and-trade system has taken a somewhat undeserved drubbing in the press. Overall, it has functioned reliably and reasonably efficiently. Most of the alleged “Carbon Fraud!” you hear about in some quarters was really just easily fixable design flaws (like an initial over-allocation of allowances); tax payment […]
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How bullets kill wildlife decades after they’ve been fired
Honker flew the coop and dodged a bullet.Photo: Alan VernonThis piece was written by Bruce Dorminey. At first glance, Crescent Lake, a shallow body abutting a cornfield in upper Snohomish County, Wash., would appear to be perfectly pristine. Mallard and pintail ducks skirt the edges of its banks on waters that — in this contaminated […]
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Bike plows are the new fixies, but we'll never be as cool as the Danes
Check out these photos and videos of bikes plowing snow and get ready for a hot lump of shame, America ...
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Bike plows are the new fixies, but we’ll never be as cool as the Danes
Check out these photos and videos of bikes plowing snow and get ready for a hot lump of shame, America ...
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Earthbags: Why hobbit-holes are part of green building’s future
Earthbags, a green building material that's cheaper and greener than cement, are getting attention from the DIY crowd.
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Earthbags: Why hobbit-holes are part of green building’s future
Earthbags, a green building material that's cheaper and greener than cement, are getting attention from the DIY crowd.
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Is this the Amazon checkout of the future?
This concept for choosing a shipping method shows what rethinking design can do for the environment.
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Obama’s climate omission: Can we disagree on climate and win on clean energy?
President Obama’s exclusion of “climate change” from the State of the Union has sparked wide debate across the climate movement.
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Obama’s climate omission: Can we disagree on climate and win on clean energy?
President Obama’s exclusion of “climate change” from the State of the Union has sparked wide debate across the climate movement.
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Smart appliances are coming! (Some day)
The time when your refrigerator can have an intelligent conversation with the local utility's smart grid could finally be on the horizon.
