Grist List
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Fox, don’t make fun of grad students, they just made a terrible life choice
Since the new IPCC synthesis report isn't coming out until 2014, deniers can't nitpick its findings yet. (Okay, yes, there was a typo in the bit about Himalayan glaciers in the last one, but that doesn't change the fact that GLOBAL WARMING.) Therefore, they've resorted to ad hominem about the graduate students who contribute to […]
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NASA’s impressive satellite snapshot of Snowtober
It's not supposed to snow like this in October, but you know, extreme weather is the new normal. And whatever Fox News might think, that also includes more extreme snowfall. Three million people lost power in Snowtober, and more residents of Connecticut were affected by this storm than by hurricane Irene. (More Central Park trees, […]
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Solar cheaper than fossil fuels in a decade, says Steven Chu
Solar power will be cheaper than fossil fuels at some point between the end of this decade and 2026*, said U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu at the Washington Post's Smart Energy conference this morning. (For more on what Chu said, check out Guardian reporter Suzanne Goldenberg's tweets from the conference.) The date at which […]
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Investors throw money at cleantech companies
The financial turmoil of the past few years has made venture capital financing hard to come by, but clean technology is still raking it in. In this past quarter, cleantech companies raised more than $1.1 billion, according to Ernst & Young. That's a huge jump — 73 percent — from last year. Most of the […]
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Republicans are taking real vote on imaginary dust regulations
A House subcommittee is voting today on a bill that would bar the EPA from regulating farm dust. Of course, the EPA isn't trying to regulate farm dust, but voting on legislation that has anything to do with reality is so pre-midterms. Republicans like John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and Herman Cain have been citing the […]
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This bridge is made from recycled plastic
This 90-foot bridge in Wales Scotland (whoops, the company is Welsh, not the bridge) is Europe's first to be made entirely out of recycled plastic, not to mention the longest plastic bridge ever built. More than 50 tons of plastic went into making the bridge, which can carry vehicles up to 44 metric tons (heavier than […]
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Fracking causing earthquakes in England and Oklahoma
Natural gas fracking caused an earthquake in England. And a spate of quakes in Oklahoma. And while the idea that fracking for natural gas causes earthquakes has been floating around, these quakes offer stronger proof that fracking seriously messes with the environment. And while these quakes, peaking in intensity around the high 2s on the […]
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Critical List: Fox News is already trying to discredit the IPCC; an asteroid’s passing Earth
Cute. Fox News is trying to discredit the IPCC before its latest report’s even out. This wind turbine, which looks kind of like a kitchen strainer, has 30 blades, makes less noise than the three-blade models, and is more energy efficient. As climate change sets in, some animals will get smaller, but some will grow. […]
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Koch-funded group complains about ‘political favors’ in new ad. LOL.
Americans for Prosperity has a lot of very concrete ideas about what happened with the Solyndra loan and the company's collapse. None of those ideas are backed by evidence, since the investigation isn't complete, but let's pass lightly over that. The real hilarity here comes from the fact that Americans for Prosperity — a group backed […]
