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In No Russia
Russia Still Dithering Over Kyoto Russia continues to vacillate over whether to sign the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, and the stakes could not be higher. Kyoto requires that developed nations representing 55 percent of global carbon-dioxide emissions sign on before it comes into force. Currently countries responsible for 40 percent of emissions are accounted […]
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Thanku
Our profuse thanks to all of you who donated to Grist during our Haiku Hullabaloo fundraiser. We couldn’t do what we do without your support. (And for the rest of you, even though the fundraiser proper is over, you can still give — we won’t turn you away!)
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The Eagle Has De-listed
Bald Eagle No Longer Considered Threatened The American bald eagle is no longer at serious risk of extinction and will be taken off the federal endangered species list this year, Assistant Interior Secretary Craig Manson announced over the weekend. The striking national symbol’s decline — by 1963, just 417 known mating pairs of eagles remained […]
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Green Medal
Cities Bidding for 2012 Olympics Stress Green Credentials The cities hoping to host the 2012 Summer Olympics are thinking green. Juan Antonio Samaranch, former president of the International Olympic Committee, has said that the environment is “the third dimension of Olympism, the first and second being sport and culture.” Most observers trace a full-blown focus […]
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Freecycling groups spurn the landfill and spawn goodwill
Paint of no return. Let’s say you’re cleaning out your garage. Maybe you run across some old cans of paint and a couple of rickety chairs you’ve never gotten around to fixing. Would the Salvation Army want them? Not likely. You could throw the stuff out, but there’s that pesky issue of landfill space — […]
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A progressive media honcho answers questions
What work do you do? I’m the editor of The Progressive magazine and the director of the Progressive Media Project. I am also the host of a half-hour weekly radio show unimaginatively called Progressive Radio, and I do two-minute radio commentaries five days a week at our website, which some stations pick up. In addition, […]
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Taking the LEED
Green Landscaping and Building Catches on in Cities Here at Grist, our unflagging good humor is bulletproof, but we imagine less-medicated enviros need the occasional boost. The place to get one, strangely enough, might just be in the crowded urban area nearest you. Property owners large and small are starting to think green. Urban landscape […]
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Haiku, Haiku, to You and You and You
The $40,000 matching grant that’s fueling our Haiku Hullabaloo runs out at midnight tonight, and with it, our fundraiser. We know what you’re thinking: “Thank GAWD.” Believe us, we’re relieved too. You think it’s easy writing oodles of witty haiku-themed headlines? We don’t do it for our health. We do it because we rely on […]
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Backstroke
Bush Administration Will Continue to Protect Wild Salmon Responding to a hurricane of criticism over its plans to count hatchery fish along with wild fish in determining which species to protect under the Endangered Species Act, the Bush administration is now pledging to safeguard wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest. It announced on Friday that […]
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Growing Controversy
U.N. Food Agency Supports Biotech Crops The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization waded into the debate over genetically modified crops today, and anti-biotech activists are none too happy about the development. A new report from the FAO argues that biotech crops hold “great promise” for alleviating the suffering of the world’s poor, as they can […]
