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Critical List: Obama budget ups clean energy funding; Monsanto poisoned farmer

Happy Valentine’s Day! Enjoy that chocolate now: it could be harder to find as climate change takes its toll on the cacao tree. Here are some other “green(ish)” ideas for presents to the one you love, be it your sweetie, your kid, your BFF, or your favorite teacher. And here’s Grist’s V-day roundup. President Obama’s […]

International family planning saves lives. So why is the GOP cutting it?

The GOP is committed to rolling back women's health rights that have made families and societies stronger across the developing world.

No, the EPA is NOT expanding 1,350 percent

Apparently the right-wing blogosphere, not to mention some "news" organizations, will believe just about anything about the EPA. The most recent ridiculous rumor is that the agency, which currently employs 17,000 people, is on track to hire "230,000 new bureaucrats" -- at taxpayer expense, natch -- while bumping its $8.7 billion budget up to $21 billion.

How did this happen? Basically, the world's dumbest game of telephone.

Neil deGrasse Tyson blasts Congress for not supporting science

Hayden Planetarium director and former slice of astrophysicist beefcake Neil deGrasse Tyson has some choice words for Congress about its priorities. He's talking about space exploration, which is his particular deal, but the same arguments apply to cleantech and renewable energy innovation.

Super Congress stacked with climate zombies

Most of the Republicans named to the Super Congress committee are proud torchbearers of global warming denial.

Beyond budget cuts: top five policy priorities for clean energy

Even with cuts looming, there are feasible policy steps we could take toward clean energy.

We can save $78 billion by ending oil and gas subsidies

We could save $78 billion by ending oil and gas subsidies.

Tea Party will protect humans from manatees

Rep. Rich Nugent (R-Fla.) proposes an amendment to the Interior and Environment appropriations bill that blocks the creation of a manatee refuge.

Could a carbon tax help solve our budget woes?

In addition to generating much-needed revenue, a carbon tax would force industries to pay for the pollution they create, instead of placing the burden on the public.