READER: BERNIE SANDERS KNOWS P...

Mar 9, 2016 by

READER: BERNIE SANDERS KNOWS POLITICS CAN SAVE LIVES

[Translate] TRUTHDIG       Bernie Sanders. (John Pemble / CC BY-ND 2.0) In a letter to The Guardian, a reader looks at the dark...

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THIS VERTICAL VILLAGE LOOKS LI...

Mar 9, 2016 by

THIS VERTICAL VILLAGE LOOKS LIKE A JUNGLE TOWERING 36 STORES INTO THE SKY

[Translate] Credit: Vincent Callebaut Architectures  VIA FUTURISM In Brief An eco-neighborhood planned to be built outside New Delhi...

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ARGENTINES LINK HEALTH PROBLEM...

Mar 9, 2016 by

ARGENTINES LINK HEALTH PROBLEMS TO AGROCHEMICALS

[Translate]  Arkady Bukh, esq. BASAVILBASO, Argentina (AP) — Argentine farmworker Fabian Tomasi was never trained to handle...

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Hillary Will Never Admit Publi...

Mar 9, 2016 by

Hillary Will Never Admit Publicly That She Supports Fracking, But She’s a Booster Behind Closed Doors

[Translate] Environment There’s only one presidential candidate who forthrightly supports a ban on fracking: Bernie Sanders. By...

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THE VICTORY SPEECH FROM HELL: ...

Mar 9, 2016 by

THE VICTORY SPEECH FROM HELL: TRUMP’S SURREAL HOUR-LONG ADDRESS WAS EVERYTHING WRONG ABOUT 2016

[Translate] SALON.COM Last night, Trump gave perhaps the most absurd, incoherent speech of 2016 — and the networks refused to turn...

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DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE ...

Mar 7, 2016 by

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE QUIETLY PLANNING A CORPORATE GIVEAWAY — TO THE TUNE OF $400 BILLION

[Translate] Democracy & Government Why isn’t anyone talking about it? By William Greider   MOYERS & CO. People attend a rally...

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MEET THE SCIENTISTS CONNECTING...

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MEET THE SCIENTISTS CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION AND DIMENTIA

[Translate] Aaron Reuben Climate on the Mind Climate on the Mind: A Series By Clayton Aldern  GRIST At first blush, you might not...

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A CALL FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO...

Mar 7, 2016 by

A CALL FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO HELP SHAPE THEIR STATES’ CLEAN POWER PLANS

[Translate] NYTDOT ByAndrew C. Revkin Photo A coal-fired power plant in Winfield, W.Va. The E.P.A.’s Clean Power Plan, which aims to...

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THE WORST DROUGHT IN 900 YEARS...

Mar 7, 2016 by

THE WORST DROUGHT IN 900 YEARS HELPED SPARK SYRIA’S CIVIL WAR

[Translate] CLIMATE PROGRESS   Migrants in Mytilene, island of Lesbos, Greece, on February 24, 2016. Image: Markus...

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IN ONE OF THE MOST POLLUTED PL...

Mar 7, 2016 by

IN ONE OF THE MOST POLLUTED PLACES IN AMERICA, AIR QUALITY BOARD WEAKENS POLLUTION RULES

[Translate] Climate by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   On Friday, Southern California’s air quality board...

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ON FRACKING, CLINTON AND SANDE...

Mar 7, 2016 by

ON FRACKING, CLINTON AND SANDERS GIVE VASTLY DIFFERENT ANSWERS

[Translate] by Emily AtkinCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie...

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Methane Discovered in Drinking...

Mar 7, 2016 by

[Translate] Environment A Stanford researcher found the highest risk of leaks was from shallow natural gas wells drilled in...

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Hillary’s Economic Agend...

Mar 7, 2016 by

Hillary’s Economic Agenda Sure Looks Like Payback for Wall St Giving Her Huge Piles of Campaign Cash

[Translate] Election 2016 Her mantra is clear: if you do right to the American people, we’ll do right by you. By Les Leopold /...

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The U.S. Has Approved Industri...

Mar 6, 2016 by

The U.S. Has Approved Industrial Aquaculture in Deep Offshore Waters for the First Time — and It’s a Huge Step Backwards

[Translate] If the U.S. public had known the extent of harms that industrial agriculture would cause, we would have never allowed it...

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SMALL SMART STUDIOS HIT CANADI...

Mar 6, 2016 by

SMALL SMART STUDIOS HIT CANADIAN CAMPUS

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture More than most North American cities, Vancouver has experienced a surge in...

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MIXING METAPHORS

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MIXING METAPHORS

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine / February 2016 / Mixing Metaphors A new digital exhibition mounted by New York’s Guggenheim Museum...

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HOME FOR GOOD

Mar 6, 2016 by

HOME FOR GOOD

[Translate] METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Emphasizing transparency and permanence, a new Planned Parenthood in Queens, N.Y., hopes to be a...

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ALTRUISM MAY BE AN ILLUSION: T...

Mar 6, 2016 by

ALTRUISM MAY BE AN ILLUSION: THE NEUROSCIENCE THAT EXPLAINS OUR GOOD DEEDS

[Translate] Research sheds new light on whether our acts of generosity are motivated by empathy or a desire for reciprocity Jordana...

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PSST, DO YOU KNOW MICROFIBER&#...

Mar 5, 2016 by

PSST, DO YOU KNOW MICROFIBER’S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET?

[Translate] Dust to Dust Psst, do you know microfiber’s dirty little secret? By Ask Umbra  GRIST Q. Dear Umbra, I want to know the...

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Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Hi...

Mar 5, 2016 by

Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Highest Point in 15 Million Years

[Translate] Sea levels (and temperatures) are also the highest they’ve been in years. By Dahr Jamail / Truthout   Chemical...

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The flamboyant denunciations o...

Mar 5, 2016 by

The flamboyant denunciations of Trump by establishment figures make no sense except as self-aggrandizing pretense.

[Translate] DONALD TRUMP’S POLICIES ARE NOT ANATHEMA TO U.S. MAINSTREAM BUT AN UNCOMFORTABLE REFLECTION OF IT By Glenn...

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The Toxic Factors that Give Ri...

Mar 5, 2016 by

The Toxic Factors that Give Rise to Right-Wing Populists Like Trump, Berlusconi and Hitler

[Translate] Tea Party and the Right There’s a difference between right-wing populists and conservatives. By Robert Kuttner /...

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AFTER SUPER TUESDAY, BRACING F...

Mar 5, 2016 by

AFTER SUPER TUESDAY, BRACING FOR A PRESIDENT TRUMP

[Translate]   Nicholas Kristof   NYTIMES A Donald Trump press conference on the evening of Super Tuesday. Credit Damon...

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Deltec launches line of super ...

Mar 5, 2016 by

Deltec launches line of super efficient, net-zero energy homes – starting under 100K

[Translate] INHABITAT A company in Asheville, North Carolina is taking prefabricated home design to a new level with their Renew...

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CLIMATE CHANGE HELPED TRIGGER ...

Mar 5, 2016 by

CLIMATE CHANGE HELPED TRIGGER ANCIENT ANGKOR’S FALL

[Translate]   By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG   A temple site at the ancient city of Angkor overrun by...

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HERE’S HOW THE EPA CAN A...

Mar 5, 2016 by

HERE’S HOW THE EPA CAN ACHIEVE PARIS CLIMATE GOALS — WITHOUT INVOLVING CONGRESS

[Translate] An unused provision of the Clean Air Act authorizes the EPA to develop and implement an economy-wide, market-based...

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WHY HILLARY COULD BE A LOT MOR...

Mar 5, 2016 by

WHY HILLARY COULD BE A LOT MORE VULNERABLE TO TRUMP THAN BERNIE

[Translate] Election 2016 Hillary will have enormous difficulty defending herself on three key issues: trade, war and Wall Street. By...

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CAN THE U.S. ACHIEVE ITS CLIMA...

Mar 4, 2016 by

CAN THE U.S. ACHIEVE ITS CLIMATE GOALS?

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green Electricity transmission / Institute for Energy Research With the U.S. Supreme Court stay of...

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FOR THE FIRST TIME, SOLAR WILL...

Mar 4, 2016 by

FOR THE FIRST TIME, SOLAR WILL BE THE TOP NEW SOURCE OF ENERGY THIS YEAR

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/John Locher   For the first time ever utility-scale solar...

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AN ATTEMPT TO LET COAL PLANTS ...

Mar 4, 2016 by

AN ATTEMPT TO LET COAL PLANTS EMIT UNLIMITED MERCURY WAS JUST SHUT DOWN BY SCOTUS

[Translate] by Emily AtkinCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   Regulations that limit heavy metal pollution from oil- and...

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