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A turkey virgin gobbles for help!

Normally a vegetarian for environmental reasons, I've ordered an organic, heritage breed turkey from a local farm. But what do I do with it now?

Bristol Palin and 'The Situation' talk up safe sex [VIDEO]

While training for "Dancing With the Stars," Bristol Palin teamed up with "Jersey Shore"'s The Situation to film this PSA warning against teen pregnancy.

Indiana coal plant will stop sending soot toward Chicago — in a few years

An especially filthy coal-fired power plant in northwest Indiana will belch its last cloud of soot, carbon, mercury, and other pollutants sometime between 2014 and 2017.

Food-safety bill stalled; Stabenow named Senate ag chair

The world's greatest deliberative body didn't manage to vote on the food safety bill before their Thanksgiving recess.

Mother of Green Party candidate killed by SUV becomes bike-safety advocate

No amount of infrastructure will be sufficient if we continue to treat vehicular manslaughter so cavalierly.

Live chat with Sierra Club’s Michael Brune

We were all horrified as we watched the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill unfold. So now what? Champion chatter (and Grist staff writer) David Roberts hosted a pre-Thanksgiving chat with Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club. Thanks to all who joined us as Michael and David discussed how we, as motivated citizens, can pressure corporations and the government to change their energy priorities.

The Onion serves up some 'wrath-minded' GM taters [VIDEO]

Joad Cressbeckler has just heard that genetically modified potatoes have been approved (they're actually being planted in the E.U.), and fears that they're coming for us.

Older urban preservationists risk becoming urban fossils

For young urban advocates in Washington, D.C., change is good. Their elders, traumatized by the 20th century, have trouble looking forward.

6 ways to solve the ‘renter’s dilemma’ for home energy

If renters aren't staying and landlords aren't paying utility bills, who pays for home-energy improvements?

Urbivore’s Dilemma, Weeks 23 & 24: Some unsavory choices

Local, seasonal CSA produce is autumnal cornucopia. It's time for the Urbivore to get roasting -- but what happens when she can't take a turnip and finds her sense of wonder wounded by a worm?