Topic: Green

Five Best Green Stories

Obama Throws Environmentalists a Bone; Get Ready for 'Agent Orange Corn'

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The Washington Post on the president and climate change, The New York Times on 2,4-D and chicken sanctuaries, the Los Angeles Times on making organic farms efficient, and The Guardian on shrinking the world

By Dino Grandoni

Apr 25, 2012

Stat of the Day

41% of Americans Live in Counties with Dangerous Levels of Air Pollution

Today, the American Lung Association released its State of the Air 2012 report, on the quality of the air in the U.S., and as these things tend to go, the good news is always tempered with some bad.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 25, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Vietnam Needs Its Trees; Romney Flip-Flops on Solar Panels, Too

The Guardian on Vietnam's mangroves, Salon on Mitt Romney's flip-flop on solar, Maria van der Hoeven on the state of carbon emissions, ClimateWire on diesel, and Mother Jones on rising sea levels

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By John Hudson

Apr 24, 2012

The Coolest and Quirkiest Urban Green Projects

Whether it's a post-industrial renewal project or a brand-new display of civic pride, cities across the world are erecting green projects to spruce up their metropolises.

 

 

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 23, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

No Warm Feelings for 'Frozen Planet'; Fish Labels Are Fishy

The New York Times on Frozen Planet, The Daily Beast on climate change, The Guardian on the 2012 Olympics, The Washington Post on fish labels, and the BBC on a white orca

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 20, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

How Much Does a Dolphin Cost?; Offshore Drilling Is Still Risky

The Washington Post on offshore drilling, The Guardian on the cost of the BP spill, Bloomberg BusinessWeek on solar cells, The New York Times on India's coal, and the Associated Press on Kenya's dairy shortage

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By Lena Groeger, ProPublica

Apr 19, 2012

EPA's New Fracking Regulations Don't Go Far Enough

First proposed in July 2011, the final rules have been welcomed by environmental groups as a much-needed initial move in reducing pollution and protecting public health from the toxic chemicals involved in the oil and natural gas drilling process. But many cautioned it was just a first step.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 19, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

BP Spill Sickens People; What Thoreau Tells About Global Warming

The Nation on the health toll of the oil spill, USA Today on the EPA's failure with smelting, Mother Jones on seabirds, and The New York Times on greening Europe and reading Thoreau

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 18, 2012

EPA Passes New Fracking Rules

Natural gas companies can keep drilling per usual, say the Environmental Protection Agency's new rules for hydraulic fracturing or, as everybody who's not a government employee refers to it, "fracking."

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 18, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Are Food Deserts Really the Problem?; Japan's Nuclear Ambivalence

The New York Times on food deserts and global warming, Al Jazeera on the Gulf's mutated shrimp, The Washington Post on America's waning love of gas, and the Los Angeles Times on the future of nuclear in Japan

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 18, 2012

Eyeless Shrimp and the BP Oil Spill

Down along the Gulf coast, the beaches look cleaner, the birds less tar-covered, but the longterm consequences of the BP oil spill are leaving their mark under the ocean's surface. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 17, 2012

By Dino Grandoni

Apr 17, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

We're Getting Better at Predicting Disasters; Going Vegan

Scientific American on predicting tornadoes and hurricanes, Time on climate change and natural disasters, The New York Times on a Hawaiian nature preserve, Tara Parker-Pope on going vegan, and Mother Jones on the BP oil still out there

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 16, 2012

Economic Recovery and Clean Air Do Not Mix

America's plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions was going so well… until the economy turned around. The Environmental Protection Agency broke the bad news in its greenhouse gas inventory report for 1990 through 2010.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 16, 2012

Today in Green Research

So Many Penguins in Anarctica; The Fastest, Best Artificial Photosynthesis

Discovered in Green: A bunch of penguins, a better, faster, better artificial photosynthesis process, Indian food as heart medicine and better solar cells in the distant, distant future. 

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 16, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

The Next Cold War May Be Really Cold; There's Uranium in Them Hills

The Associated Press on soldiers in the melting Arctic, The Texas Tribune on uranium mining, Christian Science Monitor on solar panels in Germany, The Washington Post on saving the seahorse, and The Guardian on the drought in England

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 13, 2012

Today in Green Research

Radioactive Birds Sing More; Flatulence-Powered Cars Work Fine

Discovered in Green: The effects of nuclear fallout on bird sex, cars powered by the human bowels (sort of), how your meat-eating habits are destroying the earth and a sad story about oysters.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 13, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

An Organic Hamburger Won't Save the Earth; DMZ as a Wildlife Sanctuary?

James E. McWilliams on sustainable meat, The Guardian on the DMZ in Korea, The New York Times on solar energy, ClimateWire on the Mississippi Delta, and National Geographic on India's rickshaws

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 12, 2012

Today in Green Research

The Power of Algae; Pesticides and Autism?

Discovered in Green: The most amazing algae you've ever seen, unintended consequences of the otherwise environmentally friendly ethanol, building greener cities, and the link between pesticides and autism.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 11, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

The U.S. a 'New Middle East'?; Bees Are Big Business

The New York Times on the U.S.'s energy boom and the fate of nuclear energy, The Guardian on bees, AccuWeather on icebergs, and the Associated Press on seals

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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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