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Crossposted from Znet “Every society clings to a myth by which it lives. Ours is the myth of economic growth.”...
Photo illustration by Tom Twigg / Grist The red Honda Fit from a local car-sharing service pulls into the driveway...
In more depressing bird news, researchers at my alma mater estimate that up to 30 percent of all land-dwelling bird species could be extinct by 2100 as a result of global climate change. The study, published this week in the journal Conservation Biology ($ub. req'd), modeled bird population responses to changes in vegetation for over 8,000 species and 60 scenarios, and is one of the first analyses of extinction rates to incorporate information from the recent IPCC reports. I think I'm going to go cry now.
The assault on rural America continues unabated. For the past six months dairy farmers across the country have suffered a...
British Columbia held its provincial election yesterday, with the province’s carbon tax playing a big role–and coming out a big...
Waxman and Markey prepare for the ag lobby. As the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill moves forward in the House,...
Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten reports: In a packed and sometimes contentious hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, representatives...
Declarations of sovereignty and independence are not uncommon as rites of passage both for countries and teenagers. But what we...
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963 Last month,...