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  • Reader review: Eat Local

    “I just discovered Eat Local in Queen Anne — great local, organic food, cooked by a master chef and frozen in returnable glass Tupperware or compostable paper trays. I picked up some emergency work lunches, and they were delicious. They also have larger meals for sale in case you need to feed more than one […]

    Sarah van Schagen Culture

  • Cable talkers take note of Shimkus flat-earthism

    The idiocy of John Shimkus has attracted some attention from cable talkers. Here’s Rachel Maddow:   Here’s Keith Olbermann:  

    David Roberts Politics

  • Art exhibit highlights ecofriendly, recycled media

    You may associate the phrase “leave no trace” with efforts to keep hikers from making their mark on nature, but a group of Seattle artists are co-opting the idea for their work with ecofriendly or recycled media. “Created in response to the overwhelmingly chemical and wasteful state of art products around the world,” the No […]

    Sarah van Schagen Culture

  • In defense of the Dems’ One Big Bill energy/climate strategy

    As Kate reported, Reps. Waxman and Markey have released a discussion draft of their American Clean Energy and Security (ACES, heh) Act. You can read Kate’s post for details, the full 600-page(!) text if you’ve got the nerve, or a summary. As far as I can tell, this didn’t get much media, which is peculiar, […]

    David Roberts Politics

  • The straight dope on local, organic weed

    Is it better to buy locally grown marijuana which may have been fed with chemicals, or organic hooch from far away?

    Lou Bendrick Food and Agriculture

  • Republicans claim carbon bill impact on families that is off by — no kidding — 98%

    So Republicans have been going around saying that Obama’s cap-and-trade program will cost every American household $3,128 a year. Wait, did I say cap-and-trade program? I mean “light switch tax.” Because you’ll pay a tax every time you turn on your light! Get it?! And so comes the latest wet burp from the rotting corpse […]

    David Roberts Politics

  • Umbra on mean drivers and other questions

    Dear Umbra, Your kindness article inspired a question: Is it possible that pesticides make people mean? Perhaps because their bodies sense that they are under attack? The parking lot behavior at regular food stores versus organic stores serves as my non-scientific database. Pedestrially yours,Pat G.Albuquerque, N.M. Dearest Readers, RoundUp rage? iStock Back again for another […]

    Ask Umbra® Culture

  • How do you solve a problem like Silvio?

    G8 officials don’t want Silvio Berlusconi to play a leading role in any climate talks that may occur this summer during the July summit in Italy. (Photo Livio Anticoli, Courtesy Prime Minister of Italy’s Office) Barack Obama has a problem, one he shares with Gordon Brown. And, for that matter, with Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, […]

    Geoffrey Lean Climate & Energy

  • Key Democrats deal opening hand in climate debate

    House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders released the much-anticipated draft of their climate and energy legislation on Tuesday, a proposal that includes emissions goals more ambitious than those proposed by the Obama White House but also leaves open many of the most contentious questions on climate policy. Sponsors Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) […]

    Kate Sheppard Politics

  • Canadian activist warns warming could cripple winter sports

    Vancouverite David Suzuki and his namesake foundation surface in the U.S. news from time to time, typically through climate initiatives and ocean conservation initiatives such as its estimate of the carbon impact of the 2010 Winter Olympics. But for our Northern neighbors, the 73-year-old Suzuki is a household name. He’s become the Canada’s preeminent environmental […]

    Jonathan Hiskes Culture