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  • Depends how you define green

    On 7/7/07, climate change awareness will officially rock, as a series of concerts kick off at venues as far afield as Shanghai, Sydney, and the South Pole. Chatter about the Live Earth concerts has been rampant for months as bits of gossip trickled in here and there. Though organizers still promise a few surprises, much […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • Bald eagle soars off the threatened-species list, and more

    Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: John Ashcroft, Where Are You? We Always Thought It Was Industrial Strength Barrier Methods Sure to Hit Fox News Soon Spit on Polish Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Postcard From the New Atlantis No (Hot) Dogs Allowed Ka-Boom 15 Green […]

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  • Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sink

    Wilderness is pretty much a thing of the past, says report Regardless of whether humankind was given dominion over the earth, we’ve most certainly taken it. A new report in Science calculates that only 17 percent of global land mass has been untainted by human dwellings, agriculture, or roads. And that was as of 1995; […]

    Grist staff Food

  • We Always Thought It Was Industrial Strength

    McDonald’s to power U.K. delivery fleet with its own grease Proving once again that everything’s cooler in Europe, McDonald’s has announced that it will run all its U.K. delivery vehicles on biodiesel — from its own greasy grills! The chain will convert the 155-lorry fleet to a mix of 85 percent fry grease and 15 […]

    Grist staff Technology