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Featured Friend: Grace Chen
Each month, we showcase one of our beloved Friends with Benefits — folks who have donated to support our work. Want to take your relationship with Grist to the next […]
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New York City's Solar Windfall Illuminates America's Clean Energy Future
This post adapted from Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. A recently released solar map of New York City found enough room […]
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One small step to help keep Solyndra from becoming the next Climategate
David Roberts is right that the anti-renewable right is likely to turn Solyndra into the next “Climategate”, an exaggeration of a minor or non-existent scandal into a major attack. One […]
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Please try IronCache — a memcached extension for ExpressionEngine
IronCache is an extension for the ExpressionEngine CMS that boosts performance for high traffic sites by using memcached
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Mommy greenest: 10 impressive eco-moms [SLIDESHOW]
Parenting website Babble is highlighting “100 moms who are changing the world” and inviting readers to “mominate” others. Meet the 10 moms featured in the “green” category.
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Friday music blogging: Boy & Bear
Boy & Bear is an Australian indie band composed of five singer-songwriters who drifted over from various other bands. They formed in 2009, but their Nashville-recorded debut LP, Moonfire, just came out last month.
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Ads that Fight Back Against Coal
The coal industry is learning to not take the Sierra Club lightly – and we’re hoping our local, state and national officials are learning the same lesson. In one example […]
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Just park it [SLIDESHOW]
Friday was Park(ing) Day, when folks reclaim parking spots around the world for dinner parties, cornhole tournaments, performance art — even urban chickens. Here are some of our favorite shots […]
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Why we should democratize the electricity system – part 4
A serialized version of ILSR‘s new report, Democratizing the Electricity System, Part 4 of 5. Click for Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3. Roadblocks to Distributed, Local Renewable […]
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Two Stories of Disease: Smallpox and Polio
Smallpox plagued humanity for thousands of years. In the 18th century, smallpox killed one out of every ten children in France and Sweden. Over the 20th century, the virus caused […]
