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A live chat with sustainability smart guy Alex Steffen
The author and futurist talked with Grist readers about carbon zero cities. Check out a replay of the conversation.
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Learn the difference between ‘weather’ and ‘climate change’ or go to jail
Go ahead. Look at the temperature and say "so much for global warming." You feel lucky, punk?
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This climate rap video by a dude in a giant Earth costume is kind of seriously amazing
Climate change is serious. But put a fedora on it and make it dance and it becomes a little easier to take.
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Why we’re still fighting the smog that once choked London: It still kills
As the EPA gets close to finalizing new soot standards, a look at how this pollution affects our health.
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Big-city problems, small-farm solutions: ‘Carbon Zero,’ chapter 6
Reorganizing our food system provides an opportunity to ratchet down our cities' carbon emissions while also reconnecting them to the natural world.
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As global climate talks founder, young people demand real change
Delegates from around the world have convened in Qatar for the COP18 climate talks. Frustrated with the inaction, youth activists raise some hell.
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In defense of a carbon tax
In response to David Roberts' post outlining why a carbon tax could be tricky to pull off, two proponents of the policy offer 10 reasons why we should still push for one.
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Tim DeChristopher banned from dangerous acts of ‘social justice’
The climate activist, now done serving time for disrupting an oil lease auction, has been banned by feds from working in a church's social justice ministry.
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Obama can tackle climate in his second term, and he doesn’t need Congress to do it
Here’s how Obama can crack down on carbon from filthy old coal-fired power plants and substantially reduce U.S. emissions -- without any help from Congress.
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Huge, unusual storm slams into Philippines because that is what happens all the time now
Typhoon Bopha has happily done limited damage, thanks in part to good preparation.
