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The efforts of two concerned scouts have finally led Girl Scouts USA to source the palm oil in their cookies sustainably. But the girls say the new policy still isn't enough.
Here’s the standard story about the U.S. power grid: It gets baseload supply from hydro, nuclear, and coal (in that...
When former Harvard Law Professor and eclectic intellectual Cass Sunstein was named administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory...
The Obama administration appears to have bought the hype about abundant natural gas. In a report last week, it endorsed the "safe and environmentally responsible" extraction of the fuel via hydraulic fracturing.
We continue digesting this year’s food politics coverage below — only this time we take account of the things that...
By including investments in clean energy and efficiency that will create jobs and save taxpayers money, the president has proposed a budget for the 99%.
You’re a city manager hoping to cut electricity costs at sewage treatment plant, a school administrator looking to power schools...
Despite spending massively to position itself as “clean,” the natural gas industry has a serious pollution problem it doesn’t want...
This week we’re celebrating as more utilities are recognizing that coal is dirty and expensive, and are deciding to make...
