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Western Marylanders Arrested in Stop Cove Point Protest
CUMBERLAND—A local Unitarian minister and three western Maryland residents were arrested just before noon today outside the Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland for peacefully protesting Virginia-based Dominion Resources’ plan to […]
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Saline solution: When de-icing roads, we may want to pass on the salt
The overuse of road salt this winter might eventually mess up freshwater ecosystems. Thanks again, polar vortex.
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Cheers! Grist has a new class of fellows
Remember back in October when we told you we were looking for a few good fellows? Well, we found ‘em. And we couldn’t be more jazzed.
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Feds will help honeybees find food
The government will spend $3 million to encourage farmers and ranchers to provide nutritious honeybee nectar in the Midwest.
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Fight the funk: This woman’s fight against garbage fumes became a national crusade
Vernice Miller-Travis connected the dots between the nasty haze that hung over West Harlem and the neighborhood's sky-high asthma rates. She is one of the unsung heroes of the environmental justice movement.
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Marcellus energy development could pave over an area bigger than Delaware
A new study predicts 106,004 new gas wells will be drilled in the Marcellus region.
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Are Electric Utilities Already Dead?
For the last six months, the energy news sphere (perhaps led by the Edison Electric Institute) has been rife with a discussion about the threat to the utility business from […]
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GMO, yeah? 5 surprises from an otherwise boring look at genetically modified crops
We dig into the USDA’s deep-dive report on GMO crops and unearth five things worth paying attention to.
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Meet Ross Bhappu, the money behind coal export proposals on the Columbia River
The coal industry’s efforts to export huge amounts of taxpayer-owned coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia has generated unprecedented opposition in the Pacific Northwest – tens of thousands of […]
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Lady justice: Clarice Gaylord led the EPA’s fight for communities of color
Gaylord spearheaded the federal government’s first serious attempt at addressing the problem of pollution falling most harshly on minorities and poor people. She left a lasting mark.
