Oil trains have 3 more years t...

May 5, 2015 by

Oil trains have 3 more years to explode, thanks to weak Obama rule

[Translate] Shutterstock By Luke Whelan   GRIST This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of...

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How to break the political sil...

May 5, 2015 by

How to break the political silence on the environment

[Translate] Tom Burke   THE GUARDIAN To get green policies high up on the political platform where they belong, we need to show how...

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Doctors are already seeing lin...

May 5, 2015 by

Doctors are already seeing links between climate change and their patients’ health

[Translate] Shutterstock By Jonathan Patz and Howard Frumkin CLIMATE PROGRESS It’s never a comfortable conversation, but it’s one...

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The U.S. Is Getting Serious Ab...

May 5, 2015 by

The U.S. Is Getting Serious About Oil Train Explosions. Here’s How It Plans To Stop Them.

[Translate] by Ari Phillips  CLIMATE PROGRESS A cyclist rides by train tank cars with placards indicating petroleum crude oil...

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The EPA’s Power Plant Rule Wou...

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The EPA’s Power Plant Rule Would Prevent Thousands Of Deaths And Hospitalizations

[Translate] by Katie Valentine  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed power plant rule...

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California’s Drought Could Upe...

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California’s Drought Could Upend America’s Entire Food System

[Translate] AP by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS On April 1, California Governor Jerry Brown stood in a field in the Sierra Nevada...

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Biber Architects exhibit incre...

May 4, 2015 by

Biber Architects exhibit incredible 7200-square-foot vertical farm at Milan expo

[Translate] INHABITAT <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p> Photo by Mike Chino for Inhabitat 15  As the world’s...

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Anti-Expo protests in Milan er...

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Anti-Expo protests in Milan erupt in violence, clashes with riot police

[Translate] by Charley Cameron,  INHABITAT   The May 1 opening of the Milan Expo 2015 architectural show has been marred by...

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Do Urban Growth Boundaries Wor...

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Do Urban Growth Boundaries Work?

[Translate]   THE DIRT by Jared Green Urban growth boundaries are held up as one of the most effective tools for limiting...

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Simple Green Policies You Can ...

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[Translate] In order to make their offices more Earth-friendly, many business owners are embracing a variety of green policies....

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The Trade Deal and U.S. Securi...

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[Translate] CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE Robert Borosage “Patriotism,” as Samuel Johnson warned, “is the last refuge for a...

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13 Uses for WD-40 You Probably...

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13 Uses for WD-40 You Probably Didn’t Know About

[Translate] WD-40 is best known for de-squeaking doors, smelling a little funny and taking up space on that shelf next to your...

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The Tide Has Turned in Battle ...

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The Tide Has Turned in Battle to Keep Fracking Out of Florida

[Translate] Environment Bogus fracking regulation bills were killed as a new anti-fracking movement is born. By Kim Ross / EcoWatch ...

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Esther the Wonder Pig is wondr...

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Esther the Wonder Pig is wondrous indeed — but so are all pigs

[Translate] SALON.COM During 10 years as a pig farmer I came to know pigs as well as I know my own dog. That’s why I quit Bob...

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The Real Meaning of Inclusive ...

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The Real Meaning of Inclusive Design

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine Q&A: Jeremy Myerson on the Real Meaning of Inclusive Design The director of the Helen Hamlyn...

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Futuristic Transport

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Futuristic Transport

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine A striking silhouette against the Southern California landscape, the Anaheim Regional Transportation...

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Farmers are watering your food...

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[Translate] Shutterstock By Nathanael Johnson GRIST A story in the Los Angeles Times raises disturbing questions about the practice...

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Are the leftovers from home re...

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Are the leftovers from home remodeling trash or treasure?

[Translate] ccontill By Ask Umbra  GRIST Q. I live in an affluent subdivision of 1980s executive-style homes. Over the past few...

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California has a real water ma...

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[Translate] Aqueduct in Saugus, Calif.    Jeff Turner By Nathanael Johnson GRIST When I started reporting on California’s drought I...

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Bernie Sanders calls for ̵...

May 3, 2015 by

Bernie Sanders calls for ‘political revolution’ against billionaire class

[Translate] Self-described socialist and 2016 presidential candidate takes aim at influence of big money and criticises Clinton...

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Terrawatch: A continental pile...

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Terrawatch: A continental pile-up

[Translate] Geology Terrawatch  THE GUARDIAN People cross a landslide zone after collecting relief material in Baluwa village, Gorkha...

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6 Surprising Ways Progressives...

May 3, 2015 by

6 Surprising Ways Progressives Are Actually Kicking Butt in Congress

[Translate] Is there a potential for a shift away from centrist Democrats? By Eric Laursen / AlterNet Photo Credit: www.youtube.com...

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The GOP’s Destructive Vietnam ...

May 3, 2015 by

The GOP’s Destructive Vietnam Mythology: How the Right’s Self-Glorifying Delusions Led to Decades of Avoidable War

[Translate] Tea Party and the Right In 1980, Reagan turned the Vietnam war into a rallying cry. We’ve paid the price ever since...

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Fighting for Our Oceans

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[Translate] by Zoe Loftus-Farren – EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL From Haiti to Scotland, Goldman Environmental Prize winners tackle marine...

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U.S. Braces for Even Worse Wil...

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U.S. Braces for Even Worse Wildfire Season

[Translate]   By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG Forest fires rage in the mountains above the urban sprawl of...

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NYC mayor’s green plan fights ...

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NYC mayor’s green plan fights poverty and pollution at the same time

[Translate] Kevin Case Not Your Father’s Environmental Plan By Matt Ryan GRIST When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) unveiled...

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Church Of England Divests From...

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Church Of England Divests From Coal And Tar Sands, Citing ‘Moral Responsibility’

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Matt Dunham The official Church of England announced Thursday that...

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Michigan Hit With Its Second-L...

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Michigan Hit With Its Second-Largest Earthquake Ever Recorded

[Translate] by Emily Atkin  CLIMATE PROGRESS The star marks the epicenter of Saturday’s earthquake — the second-biggest in Michigan’s...

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Why Freddie Gray Ran!

May 2, 2015 by

Why Freddie Gray Ran!

[Translate] Protesters jump on a police car at a rally to protest the death of Freddie Gray who died following an arrest in...

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Sen. Warren Backs Plan for Wor...

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Sen. Warren Backs Plan for Working Families To Overthrow Corporate Rule

[Translate] Elite interests holding all the cards but one, say proponents of grassroots uprising… And that card is ‘the...

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