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Republicans prep for assault on EPA if they win the House
The GOP is making sure that if it wins the House, its chairman dealing with climate and energy will keep the heat on the EPA.
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Stimulus money brings an Indiana city back from the brink
Eighteen months ago, the city of Kokomo, Ind., was one of those American Rust Belt towns that looked like it was clanking toward irreversible decay. Today the community of some 45,000 people is revitalized and renewed, thanks to an infusion of federal stimulus money and a variety of economic strategies.
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Purple wind turbines would solve nearly all our problems
I was blown away to learn we've been painting wind turbines the wrong color. (White seemed like such a safe color!) At least it's nothing a little paint can't fix!
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Two Beltway blind spots
I finally got around to reading Peter Baker's big New York Times Magazine piece, "Education of a President." It's about where the Obama administration stands, and how it sees itself, two years in. Baker covers the cross-currents fairly well, but he shares a couple of the Beltway's common blind spots, which happen to be obsessions of mine.
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The politics of palm oil
Revlon’s eyeliners. Nabisco’s Oreo cookies. Caress’ Tahitian Renewal Silkening Exfoliating Pomegranate Seeds & Tahitian Palm Oil Body Wash. These are a few of the hundreds of everyday products containing palm oil — products that Walmart announced last week it would soon require to prove used only sustainably sourced palm oil. Meanwhile, the World Bank stopped […]
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James Cameron, Gordon Moore take on Prop 23
James Cameron and other celebrity donors helped the No on 23 campaign amass a $25.8 million war chest to defeat California's Proposition 23.
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Author Carol Deppe on growing 'lots of delicious food for the least possible work'
In her new book The Resilient Gardener, Carol Deppe shows how global climate change impacts your backyard veggie patch. Here, she tells Grist about why gardeners should forget the "perfect" garden and start cultivating resilience along with good grub.
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'The car is a kind of shield that deflects empathy'
The new photo series "Lee Friedlander: America by Car" shows how our mode of transportation shapes our experience of the world.
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Memo to KFC: Using butts to sell breasts isn't new — just a new low
Why KFC's new Double Down marketing campaign is doubly gross.
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What should we call people who care about climate change and clean energy?
This may not be the most important thing in the world, but it drives me crazy: What do you call people who care about climate change and clean energy (PCCCCE)? (No, not an "environmentalist.")
