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Toto, our wind turbines are safe for another year!
Conservative lobbyists keep trying to kill Kansas' alternative energy mandate, and keep failing. On the plains, wind has support from both left and right.
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One California oil town keeps fracking in check — by banning all drilling
Flummoxed by an oil company's changing stories, Carson City plays tough -- and faces a longer battle.
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Here’s how rooftop gardens can empower women and tame population growth
It's a few easy steps from rooftop gardens to empowered women to reduced population growth to a cleaner environment. A new short film maps that path.
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Can we eat our way out of the invasive carp problem?
Invasive Asian fish are breeding like rabbits in American waterways, and pushing everything else out. Let's push back with our plates.
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North Carolinians Want Coal Ash Safeguards Now
The controversy continues almost two months after a Duke Energy spill of toxic coal ash into the Dan River. First, the Waterkeeper Alliance discovered Duke Energy dumping some 61 million […]
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Making food deserts bloom takes more than just a baptism of kale
Delivering healthy food to underserved urban communities takes more than just good intentions and fresh veggies. It also needs hard work and smarts.
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Gov. Jay Inslee on climate solutions in the Pacific Northwest
Also speaking at Climate Desk Live's April 1 Seattle event will be Grist's David Roberts and University of Washington College of the Environment Dean Lisa Graumlich.
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World famous climate project forced to scrounge for funding
As the Keeling Curve shows atmospheric CO2 rising above 400 ppm, the curve-makers worry about the future of their project's funding.
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Better Building Codes Save Bundles [Chart]
How much money could you and your neighbors save on energy? That depends a lot on the building code, which states (and sometimes cities) can use to set minimum standards […]
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25 years after Exxon Valdez, oil spills ain’t what they used to be
The tanker spills of yore were bad enough. But the rules that covered them don't apply to the tar-sands oil we're now hauling cross-continent.
