FRACKING’S TOTAL ENVIRON...

Apr 14, 2016 by

FRACKING’S TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IS STAGGERING, REPORT FINDS

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File A new report details the sheer amount of...

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CALTECH’S 2500 ORBITING ...

Apr 13, 2016 by

CALTECH’S 2500 ORBITING SOLAR PANELS COULD PROVIDE EARTH WITH LIMITLESS ENERGY

[Translate] FUTURISM NASA In Brief The Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI), a collaboration between Caltech and Northrup Grumman, has...

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WHILE THEY WERE SHOUTING ̵...

Apr 10, 2016 by

WHILE THEY WERE SHOUTING — A BOTANIST’S LAMENT ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS

[Translate]  By Andrew C. Revkin   Photo Clockwise from top left, Donald J. Trump, Hillary Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont...

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UTAH CONGRESSMAN WANTS TO SELL...

Apr 10, 2016 by

UTAH CONGRESSMAN WANTS TO SELL AMERICA’S 4TH MOST POPULAR WILDLIFE REFUGE TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS

[Translate] by Nicole Gentile – Guest Contributor CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: wikimedia commons Vieques National Wildlife Refuge....

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One-Third of All Food Produced...

Apr 9, 2016 by

One-Third of All Food Produced Globally Never Finds Its Way Onto a Plate

[Translate] Food The majority of food waste ends up in landfills where it releases methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times stronger than...

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A TINY ISLAND TERRITORY HAS AN...

Apr 9, 2016 by

A TINY ISLAND TERRITORY HAS AN AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR OCEAN PROTECTION

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Pew Charitable Trusts Rapa, French Polynesia.   A small chain of islands in...

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FOR THE FIRST TIME, A STATE JU...

Apr 9, 2016 by

FOR THE FIRST TIME, A STATE JUST BANNED NEONICOTINOIDS, A PESTICIDE THREATENING POLLINATORS

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   Bonnie Raindrop has been beekeeping for just nine years, but...

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WE’RE TELLING OUTER SPAC...

Apr 8, 2016 by

WE’RE TELLING OUTER SPACE ALL ABOUT OUR BIGGEST EARTH MISTAKES

[Translate] Maria Starovoytova / Shutterstock By Suzanne Jacobs   GRIST Don’t answer right away, but here’s a question for you: “How...

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SKYSCRAPERS OF THE DISTANT FUT...

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SHRIMP SOUND OCEAN ACIDITY ALA...

Apr 7, 2016 by

SHRIMP SOUND OCEAN ACIDITY ALARM

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     The snapping shrimp is the noisiest marine creature in...

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CAN A CITY BE SUSTAINABLE? STA...

Apr 7, 2016 by

CAN A CITY BE SUSTAINABLE? STATE OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE

[Translate] Join the Worldwatch Institute for the launch of State of the World: Can a City Be Sustainable   Tuesday, May 10, 2016...

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WHY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE...

Apr 7, 2016 by

WHY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES ARE OPTING FOR COMMUNITY-SCALE SOLAR

[Translate] ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE This is the third in a series of blog posts on RMI’s Shine program. Shine is innovating and...

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We’ve Changed a Life-Giv...

Apr 6, 2016 by

We’ve Changed a Life-Giving Nutrient Into a Deadly Pollutant—Can We Change It Back?

[Translate]   Environment In the process of producing food, we’ve inadvertently filled our planet with toxic forms of nitrogen....

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The Media’s Biggest 2016 Failu...

Apr 4, 2016 by

The Media’s Biggest 2016 Failure Isn’t Donald Trump: It’s Ignoring the ‘Profound Crisis’ of Climate Change

[Translate] Environment The clip of Hillary arguing with a protester is somehow the biggest climate story of 2016. The media must do...

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CLIMATE CHANGE IS SUCKING THE ...

Apr 4, 2016 by

CLIMATE CHANGE IS SUCKING THE COLORADO RIVER DRY

[Translate] Shutterstock By John Upton GRIST Cross-posted from ClimateCentral Even as the number of Americans relying on the Colorado...

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THE INSPIRING HEROES BATTLING ...

Apr 3, 2016 by

THE INSPIRING HEROES BATTLING THE HIDDEN POACHING EPIDEMIC

[Translate] Members of an antipoaching squad employed by a private hunting concession in a wildlife reserve in Mozambique, November...

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YOU CAN ORDER HONOMOBO’S...

Apr 2, 2016 by

YOU CAN ORDER HONOMOBO’S PREFAB SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES ON LINE

[Translate] by Lidija Grozdanic  INHABITAT View Slideshow Buying a new home can get stressful and costly – but it doesn’t...

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OIL HEIR BRINGING MORMON-INSPI...

Apr 1, 2016 by

[Translate] NewVistaFoundation.org  VIA GRIST If You Build It, They Will Groan By Katharine Wroth The tiny towns in Vermont’s Upper...

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THIS MASSIVE WIND-POWERED SKYS...

Mar 31, 2016 by

[Translate]   by Lacy Cooke  INHABITAT View Slideshow Paolo Venturella Architecture just unveiled plans for a fantastical Global...

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SWEDEN’S NATURE PILL FOR...

Mar 30, 2016 by

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture Last summer we looked at kolonistuga, the garden and vacation colonies that...

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LOGGERHEAD, RIGHT WHALE BREEDI...

Mar 30, 2016 by

LOGGERHEAD, RIGHT WHALE BREEDING GROUNDS ARE ENTIRELY COVERED BY ATLANTIC BLASTING AREA

[Translate] by Samantha Page THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: Oceana Nearly the entire breeding areas for loggerhead turtles (purple, left) and...

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CARBON SINKS: THE NEXT BIG THI...

Mar 27, 2016 by

CARBON SINKS: THE NEXT BIG THING (PART 3)

[Translate] THE BLOG HUFFINGTON POST William S. Becker Executive Director, Presidential Climate Action Project This is the 3rd in a...

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AFTER 115 YEARS, SCOTLAND IS C...

Mar 26, 2016 by

AFTER 115 YEARS, SCOTLAND IS COAL-FREE

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Guinnog/Creative Commons For nearly 50 years the Longannet power...

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HOW MUCH ENERGY COULD THE U.S....

Mar 25, 2016 by

HOW MUCH ENERGY COULD THE U.S. GET FROM SOLAR?

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

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MICHAEL SHEEN AND MASSIVE ATTA...

Mar 25, 2016 by

[Translate] THE GUARDIAN Welsh actor narrates A River documentary highlighting risk of river pollution from shale gas drilling in...

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GLOBAL WARMING’S TERRIFY...

Mar 25, 2016 by

GLOBAL WARMING’S TERRIFYING NEW CHEMISTRY

[Translate] Our leaders thought fracking would save our climate. They were wrong. Very wrong. By Bill McKibben / The Nation  VIA...

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THE FULLY FUNCTIONAL AIRPORT T...

Mar 24, 2016 by

THE FULLY FUNCTIONAL AIRPORT THAT RUNS ENTIRELY ON SOLAR POWER

[Translate] GreenM   VIA FUTURISM In Brief At Cochin International Airport, it takes 46,000 solar panels to ensure that the entire...

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THIS IS WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE LO...

Mar 24, 2016 by

THIS IS WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE LOOKS LIKE

[Translate] By grumpynerd   VIA DAILY KOS   Food rioting in Algeria, 2011. Source:Wikimedia.org It’s important to express solidarity...

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SPRING IS HERE, SO LET’S...

Mar 23, 2016 by

SPRING IS HERE, SO LET’S EAT ALL OF ITS BEST, MOST SUSTAINABLE VEGETABLES

[Translate] Ramps, artichokes, and green garlic are in season, but they aren’t all grown equally. Artichokes. (Photo: Kotomi...

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POLITICIANS PUSH NUCLEAR ̵...

Mar 23, 2016 by

POLITICIANS PUSH NUCLEAR ‘POISON PILL’

[Translate]   By Paul Brown / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Construction of a nuclear reactor in Flamanville, France,...

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