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Where the Rio action is: Behind the Earth Summit bureaucracy
While international bureaucrats dicker endlessly with their “zero document,” bands of stalwart scientists and diplomats are fighting to address massive issues that impact us all -- starting with our oceans.
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Rap battle: Save us from ourselves [VIDEO]
Dawg, we're cursed, this $#*! is wack -- gotta speak in verse, so we're spittin' rap. Now we don't mean to put on the squeeze, but we need your help to earn some G's.
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Ontario feed-in tariff prices drop, Germans pay much less
A version of this post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Ontario just completed a revision of their landmark feed-in tariff program […]
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Co-operative farming from El Salvador to Kentucky [VIDEO]
Meet a farmer who's brought the co-operative farming method from his home in El Salvador to Louisville, Ky., where he coordinates a large urban farm.
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Friday music blogging: Alabama Shakes
No band in the last five years has gotten as much early hype as the Alabama Shakes. In fact, the hype was so thick that I put off listening to […]
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Cure and simple: How to make your own bacon and charcuterie
Want to learn how to preserve that local pasture-raised meat? These recipes for homemade bacon and green chile chicken sausages should get you hooked.
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Science alone can’t tell us how bad climate change will be
Predictions about the impacts of climate change involve politics as much as physics.
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Out, damned curse!
Grist.org must pay its bills. So why fret? We'll stop this once you fill our purse. Not yet!
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Finding your force multiplier
It means looking at existing resources and asking, “What more could we get out of what we already have or already spend?”
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Thinking of a master plan: Portland’s mayor on building prosperous cities
Portland, Ore., Mayor Sam Adams says that cities are ideally positioned to lead the way toward prosperity.
