Are the leftovers from home re...

May 4, 2015 by

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...

May 4, 2015 by

[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...

May 3, 2015 by

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

May 3, 2015 by

[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...

May 3, 2015 by

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 ...

May 3, 2015 by

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...

May 3, 2015 by

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...

May 3, 2015 by

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...

May 2, 2015 by

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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Climate-denying House Republic...

May 2, 2015 by

Climate-denying House Republicans are trying to destroy NASA’s Earth science budget

[Translate] The “reckless” cuts would cripple the agency’s important programs, argues a former NASA scientist...

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England Set for Big Increase i...

May 2, 2015 by

England Set for Big Increase in Record Warm Years

[Translate] By Alex Kirby, sale Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Sunbathing by Tower Bridge on a hot day in central London....

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To Rebuild Baltimore, First Cl...

May 2, 2015 by

To Rebuild Baltimore, First Clear the Blight

[Translate]   By Eugene Robinson   TRUTHDIG Bev Goodwin (CC BY 2.0) BALTIMORE—This city needs to be built up again, troche but...

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Fracking Wells Could Pollute T...

May 2, 2015 by

Fracking Wells Could Pollute The Air Hundreds Of Miles Away

[Translate] by Katie Valentine  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Keith Srakocic Air pollution from hydraulic fracturing operations...

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Science: The Big Fix

May 1, 2015 by

Science: The Big Fix

[Translate] A Price Tag on Carbon as a Climate Rescue Plan By JUSTIN GILLIS   NYTIMES Slide Show|10 PhotosKEWAUNEE, Wis. — Bryan T....

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Starbucks’ “ethical” water is ...

May 1, 2015 by

Starbucks’ “ethical” water is bottled straight from California’s drought

[Translate] Selling California’s water to help support other projects kind of misses the point Lindsay Abrams   SALON.COM...

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Global Warming Slowdown Offers...

May 1, 2015 by

Global Warming Slowdown Offers Only Fleeting Relief

[Translate] By Tim Radford, Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG One day’s carbon dioxide emissions as illustrated in the film “CCS: a...

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Your wildest, tiniest house dr...

May 1, 2015 by

Your wildest, tiniest house dreams could come true

[Translate] Minim Homes Little Boxes By Eve Andrews   GRIST If you, a person who enjoys words, have ever dreamed of writing the Great...

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The latest in GMO panic: Human...

May 1, 2015 by

The latest in GMO panic: Human engineering

[Translate] Shutterstock tailored genes By Amelia Urry GRIST When the news broke last week, suddenly we were there: the future....

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How a Lawyer from the Jim Crow...

May 1, 2015 by

How a Lawyer from the Jim Crow South Shaped the Fight Against Climate Change

[Translate] Environment In his memoir, Gus Speth talks about his work to end climate change and why it’s time for a new...

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GOP House Leaders Create ‘Acti...

May 1, 2015 by

GOP House Leaders Create ‘Action Group’ To Seize And Sell America’s Public Lands

[Translate] by Claire Moser –  CLIMATE PROGRESS Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, is leading the group. CREDIT: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer A...

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Tesla Announces New Product To...

May 1, 2015 by

Tesla Announces New Product To ‘Fundamentally Change The Way The World Uses Energy’

[Translate] by Samantha Page – CLIMATE PROGRESS Tesla’s newest product “Powerwall” stores energy for residential use — or for...

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The Unseen Slaughter Under the...

Apr 30, 2015 by

The Unseen Slaughter Under the Sea

[Translate] Ocean Defenders Alliance is on a mission to stop abandoned “ghost nets” from killing dolphins, sea turtles,...

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Airline Takes on Big Game Hunt...

Apr 30, 2015 by

Airline Takes on Big Game Hunters to Protect Rhinos, Lions, and Elephants

[Translate]   Africa’s largest airline bans the shipment of endangered animal trophies on its flights. An elephant head with...

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Landscape Architecture in the ...

Apr 30, 2015 by

Landscape Architecture in the News Highlights (April 16 – 30)

[Translate] THE DIRT by J.R. Taylor Hermann Park’s Japanese Garden Serves As City Oasis – The Houston Chronicle, 4/17/15 “Hermann...

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Steward Brand: We Need Planeta...

Apr 30, 2015 by

Steward Brand: We Need Planetary Restoration

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green Stewart Brand, who is perhaps best known for his book, Whole Earth Catalog, now runs the Long Now...

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‘Charlie Hebdo’ Deserves Its A...

Apr 30, 2015 by

‘Charlie Hebdo’ Deserves Its Award for Courage in Free Expression. Here’s Why.

[Translate] Katha Pollitt   THE NATION (Via Creative Commons) When PEN decided to award the first PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale...

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