Topic: Environment

How Green Is Facebook's Massive Green Roof?

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Tech companies are always battling each other for the title of the greenest organization out there and these so-called green roofs are the latest turf for these environmentalist wars.

By Heather Horn

Nov 4, 2010

How Republican Victories Might Start a Science War

Funding cuts plus hearings on climate science might get ugly

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By Max Fisher

Oct 18, 2010

Why Republicans Deny Climate Change

Their ideology is unique in the free world

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By Heather Horn

Oct 14, 2010

Can the Government Do With Clean Energy What It Did With the Internet?

A climate change solution that may be more politically feasible than cap and trade

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By Max Fisher

Oct 5, 2010

How Obama Lost Climate Change

Who is at fault?

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By John Hudson

Oct 1, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: The Scariest Environmentalism Ad You'll Ever See

It makes Reservoir Dogs look like a Disney film

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 17, 2010

Right Has Field Day With New 'Global Warming' Term

Is "global climate disruption" any better than "climate change"?

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By Heather Horn

Sep 14, 2010

Haven't Heard of the Coal Ash Problem? You Will

Some background on a pollutant under scrutiny by the EPA

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By Max Fisher

Sep 1, 2010

Predictions as Hurricane Earl Nears East Coast

North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland remain at risk

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By Heather Horn

Aug 31, 2010

Greenpeace 'Evades' Danish Navy in Aquatic Assault on Oil Rig

High-seas drama exactly where you'd expect it: off the coast of Greenland

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By Heather Horn

Aug 20, 2010

By Ray Gustini

Aug 16, 2010

Best Tweets: Filling the Silence Edition

Nothing happened today. Twitter wouldn't stop talking about it.

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 12, 2010

Twitter Shudders as Storms Sweep DC

The chattering classes get soaked

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By Heather Horn

Aug 4, 2010

Quote of the Day: 'Mild-Mannered' Methodist McKibben Loses It

The bestselling author and environmentalist is a bit frustrated

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By Heather Horn

Aug 4, 2010

BP's 'Static Kill' Is Working, Except for the Name

"Static Kill?" ask bloggers. Seriously?

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By John Hudson

Aug 2, 2010

BP's 'Static Kill' and 'Bottom Kill' Explained

A closer look at BP's final fix

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 30, 2010

Best Tweets: Summer Doldrums Edition

Summer + Friday = lazy day on Twitter

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 23, 2010

Best Tweets: Gunning for Geese Edition

All the animosity comes out on Twitter

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 23, 2010

Giggling and Fuming at Government's Goose Extermination

New York plans to euthanize 170,000 Canada geese

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By John Hudson

Jul 19, 2010

Could Oil Seepage Cause Rift Between Government and BP?

Some say BP is ignoring concerns of government scientists

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By John Hudson

Jul 13, 2010

Offshore Drilling Moratorium 2.0: Will It Stand?

Tweaked language won't appease Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu, for one

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By Heather Horn

Jul 9, 2010

BP Backtracks on Predicted Quicker Fix

Please, just tell us when you've plugged it

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By Jared Keller

Jul 6, 2010

Best Tweets: East Coast Heatwave Edition

It's so hot it's time to break out the "it's so hot" jokes

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By John Hudson

Jun 29, 2010

Morning Vid: Bill Clinton's Oil Spill Solution: 'Blow Up the Well'

The former president wants to bring in the Navy

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By Heather Horn

Jun 25, 2010

Worries Grow About Extinction of Bluefin Tuna

Overfishing plus the Gulf spill could drive the fish over the brink

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By Michael Kinsley

Jun 23, 2010

Editor at Large

Are Gaffes Good?

Don't we prefer the truth, even if it pops out by accident?

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By John Hudson

Jun 22, 2010

Federal Judge Blocks Obama's Offshore Drilling Ban: 4 Reasons This Is Positive

The economic and environmental risks posed by a deepwater drilling moratorium

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By John Hudson

Jun 18, 2010

Why Boycotting BP Isn't Helping Anybody

The unintended consequences of snubbing BP at the pump

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By John Hudson

Jun 16, 2010

Searching for the Best Way to Punish BP

Fines, escrows, new regulation: there's more than one way to right a wrong

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Jun 13, 2010

This Week, Screws Tighten on BP to Pay Damages

Execs come to Washington as the Obama administration threatens legal force

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By Max Fisher

Jun 11, 2010

Does EPA Vote Show Climate Bill Is Doomed?

A vote to strip EPA power fails, but just barely

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 10, 2010

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