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Street food boom towns: Three West Coast case studies

They may never catch up to Portland, but neighboring cities Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., are making strides to put food carts front and center.

Eric Hess Cities March 16, 2012

One year in, GOP Solyndra investigation remains a gigantic nothingburger

One year after it started, the GOP investigation into Solyndra has found ... nothing. And independent analysts have found that the DOE loan guarantee program is on track and under budget. But Republicans aren't letting the facts stop their crusade.

David Roberts Climate & Energy February 17, 2012

We can fund that! USDA grants help the local food movement grow

With a new round of grants worth $44 million, the government is helping small, local food producers move toward reaching a wider audience.

Twilight Greenaway Food and Agriculture February 7, 2012

Don’t believe the hype about the ‘molecule that could solve climate change’

Some chemists came up with a really clever way to observe the intermediate stage of an atmospheric chemical reaction, and then some PR flack got a hold of it and suddenly science has invented a brand-new molecule that will solve all our climate change woes! As usual, things that seem too good to be true probably are.

Christopher Mims Science January 13, 2012

20 inches to disaster: U.S. coasts unprepared for higher seas

The lead author of a study on sea-level rise talks about its consequences for coastal towns. Even under conservative estimates, they're not pretty.

Robert Lalasz Science January 4, 2012

The Hunger Games: The world after a climate apocalypse, teen fiction style

The movie version of The Hunger Games, the wildly popular young adult novel set in a future ravaged by climate disasters and food insecurity, comes out this week.

Joseph Romm Science March 19, 2012

Walmart is no savior: More small businesses = healthier people

Big box stores are often billed as saviors for food-insecure neighborhoods, but new research suggests otherwise.

Tom Laskawy Food and Agriculture March 2, 2012

Capsized by the rising tide: Does growth lead to income inequality?

The “rising tide” of global economic growth is lifting mostly yachts. But some nations show that inequality and environmental ruin don't have to be inevitable outcomes of economic growth.

Paul O'Brien Science January 28, 2012

Off-ramp: How demolishing freeways is reviving American cities

Former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist talks about why it makes economic sense to tear out urban expressways, and why a little gridlock might actually be a good thing.

Matt Bevilacqua Buildings March 17, 2012

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