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Wasted food equals wasted energy, new study makes clear
Americans' profligate food-tossing ways waste the energy equivalent of 350 million barrels of oil per year, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Texas. And that figure is probably low, says American Wasteland author Jonathan Bloom.
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Is environmentalism progressive?
Rather than building up a progressive movement and progressive America, President Barack Obama has demoralized his friends and emboldened his enemies.
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Fixing USDA dietary guidelines won't fix our diets
The USDA is revising its guidelines on what Americans should be eating. But even if the feds get it right, which they probably won't, a new pyramid won't be enough to change the way we eat.
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In Tianjin, New Urgency Stirs Fresh Hope For Climate Progress
TIANJIN, China – In a gesture that signaled more urgent engagement to cool the planet, the United Nation’s chief climate negotiator today opened this nation’s first international climate conference by sealing a symbolic Great Climate Wall of China with an ancient proverb. Christiana Figueres, a Costa Rican diplomat and climate expert, who in May was […]
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'Mad Men' actor chooses transit over driving in autocentric Los Angeles
Mad Men's Vincent Kartheiser is a successful actor in Los Angeles who doesn't own a car. He doesn't drive because he wants to interact with others.
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As EPA ramps up, Obama critics eye it as juicy target
Now that all the climate action has shifted to the EPA, Republican leaders are licking their lips.
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The New Yorker on how the Senate & White House missed their best chance to deal with climate change
It may be true that Obama “profoundly” understands what failing to address global warming means. But he basically punted on the issue without a fight.
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Ask Umbra on turning threadbare clothing into recycled textiles
Ask Umbra answers a practically naked reader's question about how to recycle clothes once they are past the point of no reuse.
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A locavore in China, Pt. 1: Black-market melons, un-free birds, and masquerading mangosteens
Living in the capital of China's rich and fertile Zhejiang Province, I thought I was eating local. Wrong. With reusable water bottle in hand and organic cotton socks strapped tight, I set off to see where my food really comes from.
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Video of the year: Right Wing Radio Duck
I've watched with some trepidation as folks in the energy policy world have laughed off the "energy efficiency is fascism" business bubbling up on the right. The fact that it's outlandish on the merits doesn't mean it can't take off and substantially alter public perception. The country's feeling insecure and anxious, and that means easy prey for demagogues. This mash-up from Jonathan McIntosh makes the point with brilliant, hilarious clarity
