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We got tanked at the Architecture for Humanity holiday fete

What happens when your nonprofit asks for a donation of nine bottles of vodka for its "recession special" holiday party and gets nine cases of Grey Goose instead? We crashed […]

Hadley Center study warns of ‘catastrophic’ 5-7°C warming by 2100 on current emissions path

Dr. Vicky Pope, head of climate change predictions at the Met Office’s Hadley Centre, writes in the UK Times that In a worst-case scenario, where no action is taken to […]

Weak dollar and economy are an opportunity for land conservation

It’s an interesting time to be running any sort of nonprofit, but especially so for those that specialize in buying and conserving land. The market crash has staved off development […]

Where will we find infrastructure funding under cap-and-dividend?

I’m not sure I qualify as a cap-and-dividend advocate — I’m mostly an advocate of not feeling the need to rank every flavor of carbon policy, whose heavily negotiated fate […]

Does economics even look at the real world?

I keep asking myself these questions — and I hold a PhD that says I should know the answers! When public policy is guided by economic analysis, the environment is […]

The Versace beach will be refrigerated

Is this a sign of the times to come or a sign of the crimes to come? The UK Times reports: Versace, the renowned fashion house, is to create the […]

Hundreds of Brazilian eco-activists at risk of assassination, report says

Working to save Brazil’s rainforests, as well as its land, air, and water is a dangerous pursuit, putting at least 260 environmental and human-rights activists at risk of assassination, according […]

Swedish crematorium plans to partially heat nearby town

A crematorium in the Swedish town of Halmstad, which has been criticized for its heavy pollution, has announced plans to use the waste heat from its body-burning operations to heat […]

Vote for the top eco-villain of 2008

Check out our nominees, and then vote in the poll below. And tell us who we missed in comments. (Also see our list of heroes.) Stephen Johnson Once upon a […]

Vote for the top eco-hero of 2008

Check out our nominees, and then vote in the poll below. And tell us who we missed in comments. (Also see our list of villains.) Barack Obama OK, it’s obvious […]