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Don't Nuke Nuclear Just Yet; A Water War in SoCal

The Washington Post on nuclear energy, The New York Times on water in San Diego, Mother Jones on motorbikes in Vietnam, Bloomberg View on factory-farm antibiotics, and the Associated Press on Chinese electric cars

By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 23, 2012

Today in Green Research

Nobody's Using Cookstoves; Pollution Is Making Us Fat

Today in Green Research: Cookstoves aren't saving humanity, pollution's making us fat, climate change is going to mess with the corn market, a highly endangered plant.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 20, 2012

Today in Green Research

Some Glaciers Are Doing Alright; Death by Pollution

Discovered in Green: Not all glaciers are melting into oblivion, death by pollution, eating meat is good for humanity, and we need new, different pine trees.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 12, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

How Wastewater May Cause Earthquakes; Why Trees Are Awesome

NPR on wastewater and earthquakes, The Guardian on birds and windmills, Good on agribusiness, The New York Times on trees, and Courthouse News on tiger salamanders.

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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 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 Alexander Abad-Santos

Nov 29, 2011

Planet Earth Had a Great Fall

Cartoonist Tom Toles sees a similarity between our planet and Humpty Dumpty.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 3, 2011

Greenhouse Gases Have Surpassed the Worst-Case Scenario

In your depressing environmental news for the day, the Associated Press reports worldwide greenhouse gases jumped higher than it ever had from 2009 to 2010, surpassing a worst-case scenario predicted four years ago.

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By Dino Grandoni

Oct 21, 2011