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Plastic bag bans sweep cities across nation
Cities in states across the union (including Texas) are enacting plastic bag bans. Only the "Save the Plastic Bag Coalition" stands in the way.
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Forget the Tea Party. Join a Work Party.
Join 350.org and Bill McKibben on Sunday for the most widespread day of civic engagement on any issue at any time in the planet's history.
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Urbivore’s Dilemma, Week 18: Tomatillos, cilantro, hot peppers, oh my!
This week, the Urbivore gets something in her veggie box that veers outside of her comfort zone. Help her over this food hurdle!
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China and U.S. Cooperate To Deploy Advanced Coal Technology
TIANJIN, China – Though Chinese workers this week celebrated the 61st anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, a holiday season as significant as July 4 in the United States, a swarm of construction laborers at China’s GreenGen coal-fired gasification power plant were busy welding pipes, fitting massive joints, and bending steel […]
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The Climate Post: Everybody loves clean energy, but nobody wants to pay for it
Utilities don't want to pay to meet renewable energy standards, so it's a good thing the Department of Energy is attempting to lead the clean revolution
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Not your grandma's sweet potato pie
The sweet potato is a very misunderstood vegetable, too often overshadowed in fall by the pumpkin and unfairly compared to the unrelated potato. See how well its sweetness plays against smoky and spicy flavors in this recipe for a free-form tart.
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Stephen Colbert on the raw-milk raids and our 'right to get dysentery'
What Tea Partiers and hippie-foods Californian co-op members have in common, according to Stephen Colbert.
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Is California's cleantech boom headed for a bust?
These are very good times to be in the cleantech business in California. Companies in the state now get 40 percent of the world’s cleantech venture capital. Ah, but the glory days could be ending soon. Plus, pollution causes diabetes? And spreading the magic of "clean" coal.
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LEGO lets you play with improving mass transit
Will having kids play with LEGO buses and trams (rather than Hot Wheels) foster the next generation of public-transit advocates?
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Bike trail being paved with asphalt made from plants instead of oil
Chris Williams of Iowa U. has cooked up a bio-oil from plants that can replace the asphalt glue that holds our pavement together -- Bioasphalt.
