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Deep water: The devastating flood of Brisbane [SLIDESHOW]
The city of Brisbane, Australia never thought a flood of this magnitude could happen. Here we present a selection of images from the Flood of 2011.
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Corruption scandal casts shadow over Georgia coal plant projects
Dwight Brown, leader of the Atlanta electric co-op Cobb Electric Membership Corp, was indicted last week on 31 counts of criminal wrongdoing.
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How sprawl killed Brisbane: A report from inside the flood
Dan Hill's report from the floods in Queensland, Brisbane, Australia discusses the role of urban planning in natural disaster preparedness.
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The ‘food bubble’ is bursting, says Lester Brown, and biotech won’t save us
As food prices spike anew, the pioneering environmentalist has a chilling report about the global "food bubble." I asked him whether policymakers and biotech execs are right that genetically modified seeds are the answer to "feeding the world." His answer? No.
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The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos
Over the last few decades we've created a food production bubble based on overpumping aquifers, overplowing land, and overloading the atmosphere with carbon dioxide. The question is not whether it will burst, but when.
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Does pollution lock people into a cycle of poverty?
The EPA is funding grants to study environmental injustice and the effects of poverty and environment on health.
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A failure to communicate: Urbanists should accentuate the positive
Urbanists prattle on about sustainability as if the economic meltdown of the last few years didn't even happen. No wonder it's not working.
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Why don’t larger solar power markets have lower prices?
This is part of a series on distributed renewable energy posted to Grist. It originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. Before the holidays we posted a chart illustrating the average cost of solar by state, highlighting Minnesota’s claim to the most expensive solar PV in […]
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Are Australia's floods the revenge of Gaia?
Australia's experiencing record sea surface temperatures, which are associated with heavy rains. But is it climate change? Also: CROCODILES!
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Giffords has environmental cred
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the victim of an assassination attempt on Saturday that killed six, isn't just smart and tough (there's hope she'll pull through despite serious injury). She also has environmental credentials.
