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Investing in the grid: When the going gets tough, the tough get … creative
The U.S. electric grid is fragile, inadequate, and inefficient. Investing in grid modernization would clearly save American consumers tremendous amounts of energy and money. So why aren't we doing more of it?
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Family heirloom: How one seedy businessman became an apostle for the food movement
Follow the evolution of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds' Jere Gettle from seed apostle to food movement leader.
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Busy mocking the trees, Inhofe misses the forest fire
Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) tried to take environmentalists down a peg. It didn't work.
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Obama administration can still protect streams from mountaintop-removal mining, despite setback in D.C. court
Environmental and community advocates got some jarring news Tuesday when a federal judge rejected EPA’s “guidance” on surface mine permitting in Appalachia — the centerpiece of its three-year effort to […]
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Think being an environmental activist is hard? Try it in Mexico or Brazil
Battling armed loggers with automatic weapons, pushing back against massive government roll-backs of rainforest protections. American activists don't have it easy -- but it could be worse.
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Rangers rescue adorable seal in thong bikini
Losing your bikini bottoms in the ocean isn’t just embarrassing/sexy — it’s also a potential ecological hazard, apparently. Just ask this young seal, except he WON’T ANSWER because he’s got […]
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Even fish are getting skin cancer now
For the pale-skinned among us, the ocean is one of the most dangerous places to be. There’s no place to hide from the sun, and the water is so frickin’ […]
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Plenty of work for pundits: U.S. adds jobs in July, but unemployment goes up
The country adds 163,000 new jobs, but the unemployment rate rises from 8.2 to 8.3 percent. Now everyone has something to argue about!
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How did somebody steal half a million bees?
A beekeeper near Vancouver has reported the loss of 8,000 pounds of honey and 500,000 bees from one of his apiaries. Why would someone steal half a million bees? And […]
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New Report Follows Money Trail Behind Attacks on Clean Energy
Every election season, more and more money is poured into campaigns. But there is a surprising new twist this year – fossil fuel interests are actually spending money to directly […]
