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Friday music blogging: Beastie Boys
To Kids These Days, the Beastie Boys must seem like a fixed, eternal part of the pop culture universe, like a constellation that periodically comes in and out of view […]
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Students Gear up to Protest Exxon Graduation Speech
As college students around the country are wrapping up their semesters, graduating seniors at Worcester Polytechnical Institute (WPI) find themselves in the midst of an ethical controversy. On Saturday, WPI’s […]
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Salem citizens win against Big Coal
This week the people of Salem, Mass. got the news they’ve been waiting for years to hear: the 60-year-old, dirty coal plant in their community that leads to 53 premature […]
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Eco-art as you’ve never seen it before [SLIDESHOW]
Take a look at some of the incredible ways in which artists are drawing attention to environmental issues — and then read more about it.
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Nationwide, Coal Does Not Care
This week we’ve had a few too many reminders of how much coal does not care. First, while we all laughed at the parody “Coal Cares” website that the Yes […]
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Lessons from PFC Restrepo’s Mother
The incredibly brave work of the U.S. Special Forces team that killed Osama bin Laden brought some badly needed, uplifting news. It gave Americans welcome, if temporary, relief from steady […]
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US Airlines Say they are “Green” while fighting Anti-Pollution Efforts
If an airline claims to be “green”, but is actively working to gut carbon pollution standards what would you do? Since that is exactly what America, Continental, and United airlines […]
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I have cancer — a personal meditation on technology, sustainabity, and social context
I have cancer, but thanks to modern medicine, in terms of health it may be no big deal. The surgeon will use a scalpel to remove a thin layer of […]
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New green zone spreads in Iraq
A new green zone is sprouting in Iraq, but it’s not the kind you think. It’s a grassroots one pushed by a new culture of conservationists whose currency is reeds. […]
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In Texas, audience boos Obama mention of border wall
During his major immigration speech this week in El Paso, Texas, President Obama mentioned the 640 mile long U.S.-Mexico border wall that has scarredthe Southwestern landscape and prevented migration of […]
