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Glean slate: Program provides fresh produce to the needy
Food Forward collects leftover fruits and veggies from farmers markets and gives them to food banks and shelters.
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Supply, demand, and activism: What should the climate movement do next?
After the Keystone campaign ends, should activists focus on reducing demand for dirty energy instead of cutting off supply?
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Put Your Money Where Your Future Is: College Students Lead the Way on Fossil Fuel Divestment
While I loved every one of the thousands of faces I saw at Sunday’s massive Forward on Climate rally in Washington, D.C., I was especially inspired by the huge number […]
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You have no idea what that fish you’re eating is, so don’t pretend
If asked what you're eating, the safest response is, "fish."
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Local food a growing trend for land trusts
When a land trust in Grayslake, Illinois, made a strategic decision in 2005 to include farmland in its list of property types to preserve, it joined scores of traditional ‘woods […]
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Don’t believe in climate change? Talk to a clam digger
As the ocean absorbs carbon, it's becoming too acidic to grow oysters, spurring those in the shellfish industry to lead the charge for awareness.
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We Need Climate CHANGE
“The government can’t change the weather,” said Florida Senator Marco Rubio last week, describing his opposition to President Obama’s State of the Union call-to-action on climate change policy. Given the […]
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How a City Can Get More Clean, Local Energy
Like many cities attempting to solve climate change at a local level, Minneapolis is finding the prospect more challenging that it may have imagined. The lion’s share of emissions (two-thirds […]
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The virtues of being unreasonable on Keystone
NYT blogger Andy Revkin is unhappy that Keystone activists are angry at him. But there's only so long you can float above the real climate fights, supporting action in the abstract but never in the particular.
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Wind Surpasses Nuclear in China
By J. Matthew Roney Wind has overtaken nuclear as an electricity source in China. In 2012, wind farms generated 2 percent more electricity than nuclear power plants did, a gap […]
