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What Robert Byrd's Death Means for the Climate Bill
Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), who died early this morning at the age of 92, fought for most of his legendary career to keep keeping coal mining...
Read & DiscussLunch Line Goes Behind the Counters
Lunch Line has been getting some good buzz—"required viewing!!!" screamed a review by author Tracie McMillan for the Atlantic Food...
Read & DiscussAre Butterflies the Silent Harbingers of Global Warming?
Camille Parmesan studies the effects of global warming by chasing butterflies. Sounds fanciful, but it is anything but. Her careful field...
Read & DiscussMurkowski Resolution Goes Down to Defeat in Stupid Episode that Means Nothing
The Murkowski "Resolution of Disapproval" to overturn the EPA's endangerment finding on carbon pollution was defeated in the Senate today by a...
Read & DiscussOil Spill Threatens to Smother Gulf Coast Food Cultures
With more than 20 million gallons of oil already let loose in the Gulf of Mexico, fishermen, gator hunters and even farmers are waking up to the...
Read & DiscussBP Gears Up to Win Over Washington and the Rest of Us
A little less than a month ago, back before he was madly tripping over his tongue, BP CEO Tony Hayward was sounding almost inspirational as he...
Read & DiscussDenver Busts Urban Farming’s Yuppie Stereotype
When we were still in Seattle, preparing for this project, a few friends asked if this was a tour of "yuppie urban farm projects." Isn't that...
Read & DiscussSustainable Seafood Takes Center Stage at Seattle Dinner Theater
At Seattle's Cafe Nordo, the wait staff quotes Jack London, the soup is served from fish tanks, and there's enough alcohol to ease the pain of...
Read & DiscussA Taste Test of Greener Milks
Putting aside for a moment the dietary arguments against drinking cow's milk—we're not calves, it's liquid meat, it's snot-producing, so hard to...
Read & DiscussThe Story of the Passaic River
For the first 18 years of my life I lived along the final 17-mile stretch of the Passaic River. That's the dirty, ugly part of the river that...
Read & DiscussIntroducing the American Power Act: In Kerry's Own Words
[Yesterday] was a busy day here—started early with some curtain-raising morning television to kick off the discussion a bit about the American...
Read & DiscussBP's Donations to Congress More Worrying than Its Donations to Obama
The Sunlight Foundation reports on the slick of BP money that's already spread far and wide through the American political system. The oil and gas...
Read & DiscussA New Cafe Owner Forages and Finds a Fresh Take on Sustainability
The cafe has an unusual location. In the middle of the city in a strip mall, the eatery calls Subway its next door neighbor. And guess which one...
Read & DiscussFourteen Buildings Compete to Be the Biggest Loser (of Energy Waste)
The EPA draws inspiration from The Biggest Loser in a new competition that pits 14 buildings against each other to see which can trim its energy...
Read & DiscussImmigration Reform and Climate Change: A Tale of Two Issues in the Senate
Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) decision to withdraw from discussions with his Senate colleagues regarding climate legislation has been greeted by...
Read & DiscussThe Good News About the Very Bad News (About Climate Change)
These days, I see how optimistic and positive disaster and apocalypse movies were. Remember how, when those giant asteroids or alien space ships...
Read & DiscussA Bee Wrangler Shows You How to Mind Your Own Beeswax
Meet Michael Thompson, 62, professional bee wrangler and co-founder of Chicago Honey Co-op, a Chicago-based agricultural cooperative that's...
Read & DiscussDon Blankenship Called Safety Regulators "as Silly as Global Warming"
The death toll from Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine explosion last week has reached a total of 29 miners, the worst coal disaster in 40...
Read & DiscussCoal Barons to (Finally) Testify Before Congress
Well now isn't this interesting.Throughout the seemingly endless battle over climate-change legislation, not once have the folks behind the...
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