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After Record 2012, World Wind Power Set to Top 300,000 Megawatts in 2013
By J. Matthew Roney Even amid policy uncertainty in major wind power markets, wind developers still managed to set a new record for installations in 2012, with 44,000 megawatts of […]
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James Hansen to quit NASA, become full-time climate activist
Hansen has been the nation's most outspoken scientist on the need for climate action. Now he's leaving his day job to dedicate himself to activism.
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The environmental movement’s greatest hits, all in one documentary
The new film "A Fierce Green Fire" traces the movement from Love Canal to the birth of Greenpeace to the fight against climate change.
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Featured Friend: Lindsay B.
Each month, we showcase one of our beloved Friends with Benefits — folks who have donated to support our work. Want to take your relationship with Grist to the next […]
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Cloudy Days for a Washington-State Community Solar Effort
The Backbone Campaign’s community solar project was motivated by a generous production incentive offered in Washington State for solar projects installed on public property. Campaign organizer Bill Moyer and many […]
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Fukushima meltdown appears to have sickened American infants
Babies born in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington soon after the Fukushima meltdown were more likely to be afflicted with congenital hypothyroidism.
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Monsanto flirts with disaster, owns the world anyway
Just three years ago, the agribusiness giant was a laughingstock. Thanks to its friends in government and the courts, and new industry alliances, it's back with a vengeance.
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New gasoline rules are good for your lungs and bad for Big Oil
The Obama administration is proposing to slash sulfur content in gasoline by two-thirds, improving your air and pissing off oil execs.
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Lessons from China’s Rooftops
Last week in Wuxi, I noticed a newspaper headline about the bankruptcy of Suntech, one of China’s largest solar panel manufacturers. Below the fold was a story about the success […]
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Colorado lawmakers want to jack up ridiculously low oil-spill fines
While a "natural-gas liquid" continues to mysteriously gush near a Colorado creek, legislators introduce a bill to raise fines for spills.
