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How green is Green Mountain Energy?
Green Mountain Energy sells renewable power, but the company has long had corporate ties to the fossil-fuel industry, and it's just been acquired by big utility NRG.
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Behavior change causes changes in beliefs, not vice versa
An enormous amount of attention has focused on public belief in climate change -- polls, surveys, studies, punditry, and endless elite hand-wringing. The often unstated assumption hiding behind the discussion is that getting people to say they believe in climate change is the top priority for everyone who wants progress on this issue. But maybe changing behavior comes first.
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What the green building industry requires (in one paragraph)
The technology is available. There are loads of talented designers and architects eager to design buildings and places that make more sense than the ones they were born into. What's lacking is money.
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What food pros are looking forward to this Thanksgiving
We set aside our knee-jerk curmudgeonliness and asked other food professionals how they make Thanksgiving interesting for themselves. Because, while this holiday for us has always been more about the company than the meal, we knew these folks would serve up something inspiring.
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Countries aren't sitting on the sidelines waiting for a final international climate agreement
One of key outcomes of international global warming negotiations must be a focus on what actions key countries undertake to reduce their emissions. On that front, there are promising signs. Countries accounting for over 80% of the world’s emissions have now committed to specific actions that they will undertake at home to reduce their global […]
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Why do you love the place you live? We want to know
Tell us what makes you care about the place you live, or the place where you grow up. We'll publish your responses.
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Greenhouse gas pledges aren't enough to stop global warming
Even if all the countries that pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions live up to their commitments, it's still not enough to control global warming. Plus, Satan and climate change deniers.
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Why does the American public suddenly believe in climate change less?
In the U.S., belief in human-caused climate change has dropped off considerably since 2008 or so. People have come up with some pretty baroque theories around this, but the explanation seems simple enough: the economy has been in the tank and partisanship has been on the rise.
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A mostly vegetarian school gets bloody over turkeys
When the peace-loving Arthur Morgan School community in North Carolina decided to raise and kill our own turkeys, we found ourselves in the throes of an ethical debate about eating meat.
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Dragging Boulder school food into the computer age
U.S. school food operations are at the end of the line when it comes to adopting modern technology. And that helps account for why they have trouble making ends meet under the federally-funded school meals program.
