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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 10, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

A Garden Grows in Mexico City; Big Rigs Get Green

The New York Times on pollution in Mexico City, the Los Angeles Times on green big-rigs, Scientific American on renewable energy in Hawaii, Bloomberg Views on food safely, and Capital New York on bioluminescence

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 9, 2012

Today in Green Research

Which Plants Will Survive Climate Change?; Streams Are Doing Great

Discovered: What makes plants better at being thirsty, climate change hasn't had a horrible impact on streams, forest might save us from our climate change woes and snowy areas are in trouble.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 9, 2012

The NGO Trying to Make Biking Cool in Beijing

In Beijing, where air pollution threatens to take years off your life, some people have no interest in riding a bike if they can possibly afford a car, which is a shame because rediscovering the tradition of cycling could help reduce the smog that chokes the city.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 9, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Getting the Arab Spring Greener; Being Burned by a Heat Wave

Thomas Friedman on the other Arab Spring, NPR on the warm winter, The Daily Climate on fires in the Amazon, Scientific American on a cleaner rickshaw, and Reuters on sick polar bears

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 9, 2012

The Rare Earth Metals the U.S. Wants That China's Got

Whether you realize it or not, your smartphone-toting, hybrid car-driving, neon light-gazing would be impossible without the cooperation from China, our fickle friends on the other side of the planet.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 9, 2012

It's Hot Out There

Meteorologists say that temperatures in the United States aren't just above normal — they're shattering all the records on the books. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 6, 2012

Today in Green Research

Banned Antibiotics in Chicken?; No More Whale Barf in Perfumes

Discovered: There's nasty stuff in our chicken that shouldn't be there, a more sustainable replacement for whale vomit, Florida's pythons are getting hungry and Earth doesn't want humans to get into its copper stash.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 6, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

A Solar Showdown in the Southwest; Big Oil's Republican Buy

The Los Angeles Times on solar in the Southwest, The New Yorker on the ExxonMobile and the GOP, Good on plastic bags, National Geographic on global warming and Inuits, and BBC on endangered ducklings

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Apr 6, 2012

'Ghost Ship' Laid to Rest to Protect the Environment

With the threat to Alaska's marine life looming, United States Coast Guard brought an end to the eerie story of Japan's drifting ghost ship by unleashing cannon fire and sinking the vessel in what experts deemed the most environmentally-safe location on Thursday. 

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 5, 2012

Chart of the Day

A Map of Where the Wind Blows

For a springtime art project, a pair of Google employees mapped the realtime wind patterns of the United States -- and in doing so, try to drive home the point it's about time the U.S. got serious about wind power.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 5, 2012

Today in Green Research

Proof of the Disintegrating Antarctic Ice Shelf; China's Weird Weather

Discovered: A GIF that proves the Antarctic Ice shelf's super fast disintegration, rising CO2 levels did cause global warming millions of years ago, a climate change fighting plant and China gets rain in all the wrong places. 

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 5, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Nick Kristof on Chicken; Cubans Are Very Green Farmers

Nicholas Kristof on arsenic in chicken, Slate on ecologically friendly farming in Cuba, Mother Jones on the low cost of stopping climate change, Good on not buying leather, and NPR on the end of the Ice Age.

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By John Hudson

Apr 5, 2012

The Most Hard-Core Ways to Go Green

By now, everyone knows how to "go green," but what if you want to take it the next level?

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 4, 2012

Today in Green Research

Everything's Getting Hotter

Discovered in Green: The world will get warmer by 2050, the Earth's coldest waters have been disappearing for decades, the ice sheet collapsed because of warm water, and the potential of algae biofuels. 

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 4, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

A Challenger to Solar; Drought in Colorado

The New York Times on combined heat and power, The Denver Post on a looming drought, The Associated Press on floating architecture, The Guardian on the complexities of carbon footprints, and Fast Company on saving ocean wildlife

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By Adam Martin

Apr 4, 2012

Romney Probably Won't Have a Say on the Electric Car, but China Will

Mitt Romney's become fond of criticizing the Chevy Volt, saying he doesn't want the government to tell automakers what kinds of cars to make, but it won't be the government that forces him into an electric vehicle; it'll be market forces from Asia.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 3, 2012

Dr. Bronner's: The Tale Behind the Tingle

Appropriately, Tom Foster's Inc. profile of the hippies who run Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap starts with the telltale tingle in the nether regions.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 3, 2012

Today in Green Research

The Cost of Buying Less; Fukushima Didn't Wreck the Ocean

Discovered in green: Buying less stuff won't make everything all better, what Fukushima did to the ocean and its fish, fertilizers are doing nasty things to our air and sparrows have changed their tune for noisy cities. 

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By John Hudson

Apr 3, 2012

Men Are Basically Terrible for the Environment

If environmental stewardship turned into some sort of epic battle of the sexes, men would get clobbered.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 3, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Van Jones on Eco Jobs; Big Troubles in China

ClimateWire on Chinese food woes in China, Le Monde on Shanghai's sinking, CNN on a green tsunami cleanup, Van Jones on eco-jobs, and Climate Central's flooding maps

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 3, 2012

Is Peer Pressure the Environment's Killer App?

Taking advantage of all the social transparency Facebook has created, one app puts all of our energy usage out there for our friends to see, hoping competition and peer pressure will encourage better habits. 

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By John Hudson

Apr 3, 2012

The Environment Is So Bad in North Korea, They'll Even Let Americans Help

The environmental degradation in North Korean has become so severe, North Korea invited a group of five Americans to Pyongyang last month to talk about restoration and food security.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 2, 2012

Did BP Discriminate Against Asian Fishermen During Gulf Cleanup?

A new class action lawsuit alleges that BP avoided hiring Asian-American fishermen to help with cleanup efforts in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, bringing fresh attention to the difficulties the Asian-American community faced in the aftermath of the disaster.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 2, 2012

Today in Green Research

The Oceans Are Getting Warmer; The Coral Reef Might Be Fine

Discovered in green: The ocean is getting warmer, the coral reef might be okay, actually, probably not, and stop fishing so much. 

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By Adam Martin

Apr 2, 2012

Tiny Fish Need Saving from Themselves

Even as their numbers decline, the habit of tiny fish such as sardines to form into tightly packed "bait balls" keeps them super easy to catch, which puts them at risk of collapse and means active conservation such as catch limits is crucial for their survival.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 2, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Texas's Continuing Drought; Curbing Coal

Monday's best green reads: NPR on the Texas drought, Mother Jones on anti-coal activism, The New York Times on uranium-mine radiation, The Guardian on measuring global warming, and Good on an eco-friendly pantry.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 2, 2012

What the Guys Who Want to be President Want to Do on the Environment

Environmental issues have been framed mostly as economic issues during this election campaign: How can we bring down gas prices? Can we create jobs with a new oil pipeline? Does the Environmental Protection Agency cost jobs?

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 30, 2012

Today in Green Research

This Common Pesticide Is Killing the Bees; A Greener Way to Make Plastics

Discovered in green: This common pesticide is most definitely killing the bees, a greener way to make plastics, a new type of electricity powered alternative fuel and getting to space on a few drops of fuel.  

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By Adam Martin

Mar 30, 2012

GM Pulls Funding from Think Tank Skeptical of Climate Change

General Motors has decided to demonstrate its newfound belief that climate change is a real thing by pulling its longstanding funding from the climate-change-skeptical Heartland Institute think tank

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 26, 2012

Today in Research

Extreme Weather All About Global Warming; Why We Love Tear-Jerkers

Discovered: Crazy weather has a lot to do with climate change, why we like sad movies, another invisibility cloak (sort of), what made humans start walking less like apes and more like humans and black holes are rude. 

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By Adam Martin

Mar 23, 2012

The Case for the $25 Lightbulb

Sure $25 is a lot to shell out for a lightbulb, but former Gizmodo editor Brian Lam makes a compelling case for the Phillips 12.5 watt ambientLED at The Wirecutter.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 23, 2012

Who Needs Another Mountaintop When We Can Have a Giant Telescope?

Chilean technicians exploded the top off of Las Campanas Peak in the Atacama Desert to begin the construction of a telescope ten times as powerful as the Hubble on Friday morning.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Mar 23, 2012

Could the U.S. Actually Become Energy Independent?

Despite cries about high gas prices, the fight over Keystone, and attacks on the administration's energy policies, The New York Times says the United States is actually much closer to energy independence than it has been in decades.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 22, 2012

Today in Research

Venice Is Back to Sinking; Record Low TB Infections

Discovered: Venice is sinking, record low TB cases, more evidence that breast cancer screenings work, and very speedy planets.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Mar 22, 2012

Obama on His Oil Critics: 'They Are Not Paying Attention'

President Obama spoke in the oil town of Cushing, Oklahoma today, and has announced that his administration will expedite the permit for the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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By Jen Doll

Mar 21, 2012

We Are Going to Pay for This Beautiful, Freaky Weather

As much as we're enjoying these halcyon early spring days of bare legs and light breezes, perfect al fresco weather, and walking jacketless through the park, we are also worried.

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By Eric Randall

Mar 20, 2012

Obama's Now Trying to Look Like a Keystone XL Supporter

CNN reports that President Obama plans to "expedite the permit" for the Keystone XL pipeline's southern portion, which looks like a public play to appear responsive to higher gas prices even as it comes just a few months after Obama blocked the natural gas pipeline's original permit.

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