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Seven post-financial-crisis opportunities for healthier economies
Are there silver linings to the dark cloud of the financial crisis? It is a truism in our politics that only a crisis produces real change. So, looking on the […]
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Mustache Q&A
There’s an interesting Q&A with Tom Friedman up on Huffington Post. Check it out. DB: I was just reading the chapter in your book titled "205 Ways To Save The […]
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Navy can use sonar despite risk of whale harm, says Supreme Court
Photo: bbum In a big setback for whales and environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court has yanked restrictions on sonar use in Navy training exercises near the California coast. The court, […]
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Obama on Grist
Just for kicks, I went and searched for the very first mention of Obama’s name on Grist. It came on 27 July 2004, the day of Obama’s fateful speech to […]
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New New Deal
The Campaign for America’s Future on the possibility of a new New Deal:
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A very long review of Friedman’s latest book
Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded condenses much of what has been written in blogs, science journals, and books about the “Energy-Climate-Era,” as he calls it. Though he’s a little late […]
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Friday music blogging: The Knux
I used to be quite enthusiastic about hip-hop, but in the last five or so years it just seems to have gotten pretty crappy — more and more simplistic ring-toney […]
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Louisiana’s coastal restoration efforts hit a costly snag
It seems that in the fraying marshes of southern Louisiana, we can’t afford to maintain both shipping and coastal restoration at the same time. Louisiana’s biggest freshwater diversion project — […]
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Hurricane Ike cleanup still ongoing
Nearly two months after Hurricane Ike reared its head on the Texas and Louisiana coast, workers are still cleaning up what may be a record amount of debris. The wee […]
