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  • Acres and Pains

    Senate panel recommends tighter regulation of land conservancies A two-year investigation by the Senate Finance Committee may lead to big changes in federal regulation of America’s land conservancies. The panel’s report recommends that the IRS “consider revoking the tax-exempt status of a conservation organization that regularly and continuously fails to monitor and enforce conservation easements” […]

    Grist staff Uncategorized

  • Creating an Aquaculture of Life

    Bush admin proposes massive U.S. aquaculture expansion Just in time to celebrate World Oceans Day (happy WOD, by the way!), the Bush administration has unveiled a plan to open up 3.4 million square miles of U.S. coastal waters to aquaculture. Demand by hungry humans for seafood is expected to reach about 121 million tons in […]

    Grist staff Technology

  • Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair

    San Francisco named most sustainable city; Houston least San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Berkeley, Calif., and Seattle took the top four spots in a new ranking of 25 U.S. cities based on sustainability practices. Bay Area green group SustainLane created the list after scrutinizing the metropolises based on 12 criteria, including air quality, transportation, green building, […]

    Grist staff Cities

  • Puh-lease Academies

    Science academies from 11 countries say global warming is, yes, real Yesterday, national science academies from 11 nations cosigned a letter to the world’s leaders, making an unprecedented joint statement: Global warming is almost certainly caused by human activity; it’s the biggest risk we’ve ever faced as a species; please #$&!*% do something about it. […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy