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Whiskey biofuels getting tanked
Scottish scientists have been thinking a lot about drinking and driving. And what they've discovered will knock you off your feet.
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The U.S.-China three legged race
Visualize the US and China tethered together, but each trying to beat the other to a prize more valuable than hot dogs: dominance in the 21st century
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A ‘habitual offender' unleashes nearly half a billion salmonella-tainted eggs
Jack DeCoster, the man behind the company responsible for the vast egg recall, has a record of environmental and human-rights abuses dating to the 90s
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22 cities that are smart about energy
Several cities around the country are finding ways to get smart about energy, at the same time saving money and pumping up their eco cred.
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The Climate Post: Climate skepticism, floods, and apple pie
Read about flooding in Pakistan, the future of coal, carbon levels 450 million years ago, and more.
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The (incredibly loud) sound of SunChips on the Today Show — featuring Grist!
Watch the Today Show -- and me! -- break down the issue of SunChips' new and noisy biodegradable bag.
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The myth of the glamorous mom and hidden truth about nannies
"The media fetishizes celebrity motherhood to the extent that it's practically become pornography," writes Kiri Blakeley in Forbes. This paints an outlandishly unrealistic portrait of motherhood, and adds to the pressure on all women to have kids.
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Scientists keep raising estimates of how much oil is still in the Gulf
The big question about the BP oil disaster is no longer “Where’s the oil?âÃÂÂ
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New podcast: interview with Nancy Rabalais, expert on the Gulf dead zone
In the latest edition of Victual Reality, the podcast about food politics, I talk to Nancy Rabalais, the scientist who leads an annual voyage into the Gulf dead zone to measure the extent of its destruction.
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They paved paradise and put up a (solar) parking lot
REC Solar announced a deal to install a photovoltaic array on a hospital's carports. At 2.9 megawatts, the installation will be the nation's largest solar carport complex.
