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TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again
A recent ABC clip on climate and extreme weather is physically difficult to watch.
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MORE sex is better with energy efficiency
My first foray into this topic, “Sex is better with energy efficiency,” was warmly – aye, steamingly – received. (We are a simple people, no?) So let’s dive deeper… First, […]
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Playing with their food: Kids discover the fun of farming at camp
Farm-based summer camps are growing in popularity as parents seek to reconnect their kids with the origins of their food.
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Blowing in the right direction: Two big wind projects are moving forward
A wind project in Wyoming and another off the coast of New England will help us transition to a future without coal.
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This image of the Colorado wildfire scar will blow your mind
This image from NASA (click to embiggen) shows the scar from the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado. It’s a false-color image — the fields aren’t actually running red with blood […]
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Win-win: Ancient fungus that ended coal formation could boost biofuel production
Genomics researchers have stumbled upon an incredible discovery: The same ancestral fungus that ended coal formation millennia ago may now be able to boost bioenergy production.
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Selma, Montgomery, and Climate Change
(Reposted from Huffington Post) How weird would it have been if, in the 1960s, the press had reported from Selma, Birmingham, and Montgomery like this: “Selma, Al. March 7 (AP) […]
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The suburbs are still winning
We reported last week that many large American cities are growing at a faster rate than their suburbs. But a closer look at the numbers is not so encouraging.
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Why our biggest moral challenge doesn’t act like one
Al Gore tried to invoke the moral imperative for climate action. “It’s not about right and left;” he said, “it’s about right and wrong.” Climate deniers cynically pounced on Gore’s […]
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Me, on The Alyona Show, talking climate and wildfires
On Friday, I was on The Alyona Show to talk about wildfires and climate change. I apologize to viewers that my head is so enormous. I mean, it’s naturally enormous, […]
