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Three reasons you shouldn’t lose hope on climate change
Ezra Klein recently declared that we've lost the climate fight. We beg to differ.
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Grist’s Brentin Mock talks about climate change’s new poster children on MSNBC
Polar bears and and ice caps are out. Black and Latino kids, burdened by air pollution at far higher rates than whites, are in.
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Obama really wishes he could put a price on carbon
In an interview with Thomas Friedman, Obama explains his thinking on climate change, from the dangers of methane leakage to the importance of avoiding cynicism.
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Finally, an electric car that crushes all the others (literally)
Drive an E-Bigfoot, pimped out with with a super quiet electric motor, and those cars you’re gonna crush won’t even hear you coming.
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Six ways climate change is screwing with your seafood (and what to do about it)
Think of this as a study guide for your climate-change-and-seafood pop quiz.
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Blame industrial ag for those monarch butterfly declines
Why are the monarchs abdicating? More evidence points to the weed-killing pesticides that wipe out the butterflies' favorite food.
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Is a greener oil industry possible? David Poritz thinks so
The founder of Equitable Origin wants to create green, fair-trade certification for the oil industry.
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Mmmm! Doughnuts. Not-mmmm: Palm oil
Big doughnut chains use big amounts of palm oil, and they still haven't signed on to rainforest-protecting agreements
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Here’s how enviros plan to push for stronger EPA climate rules
The Sierra Club and NRDC will encourage supporters to submit positive public comments, while Greenpeace and 350.org don't have big plans to help.
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The next front in the GMO war: Synthetic biology
A new wrinkle in bioscience could help save rainforests. Or maybe not. Let's not shut down the debate before we even have it.