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How we build stuff at Grist
This is an introduction to how we build our web products here at Grist. I hope you find it interesting whether you work at Grist, are just curious, or want to decipher some of the jargon involved.
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Mark Ruffalo & One Hulking Solar Opportunity in NY
Actor Mark Ruffalo is taking a break from playing a big, green superhero in the movies to talking about something bigger and greener happening in New York: new solar policy. […]
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Nearly 100 Mayors Speak Out in Support of Mercury Safeguards
Today, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office publicly released a letter signed by nearly 100 mayors from across the U.S. supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) mercury safeguards. From Mayor […]
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Romney is not a secret moderate on energy; he’s a Republican
Lots of centrist types think that once Romney's in the White House, his inner moderate will re-emerge. That's because lots of centrist types are naive about American politics.
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We Need New Action on Renewable Electricity at Rio+20
Where does each G20 country stand in terms of wind, solar, geothermal, tidal & wave electricity generation.
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Local Solar Could Solve ‘Massive Supply-Demand Imbalance’ in Renewable Energy Financing
In the next two years, the U.S. may get a lot less solar and wind power than it could. It’s not a shortage of solar panels or the cost of […]
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House Committee Votes to Allow Illegal Loggers to Pillage World’s Forests
Today, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee voted to allow illegal loggers to undercut the Lacey Act by allowing them to pillage the world’s forests. The vote was close as […]
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We’re about to push the Earth over the brink, new study finds
"State shift" doesn't mean moving to Arkansas. It's the alarming phrase a new study uses to describe what goes down when we push the planet past its limits. And it's just around the corner.
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Pressure Mounts to End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
This week hundreds of residents from Appalachia and beyond came to Washington, DC, to demand Congress end mountaintop removal coal mining and enforce the Clean Water Act. They talked to […]
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Can climate hawks campaign for something good instead of against something bad?
The climate activist movement has plenty of bright-green, positive rhetoric, but it has struggled with how to put its weight behind positive campaigns. It's no easy task, but it's necessary.
