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California Passes First State Cap-and-Trade Program in US
11/04/2011Matthew McDermott Economics California has become the first state in the US to adopt a state-administered cap-and-trade program, LA Times reports….
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Sabotage! Tire-Busting Tack-Strip Found on Portland Bike Lane
11/04/2011Michael Graham Richard Bikes If this was done on purpose, I hope they catch whoever did this… Jeremy Dunn, a Portland…
Read MoreEarth’s Temperature Is Indeed Warming – Independent Analysis Backs NASA, NOAA, Others
11/04/2011Matthew McDermott Climate Change Not satisfied with existing research showing that Earth is in fact markedly warming post-Industrial Revolution, the Berkeley…
Read MoreHow Washing Machines Are Adding to the Plastic Pollution Problem in Our Oceans
11/04/2011Rachel Cernansky Cleaning & Organizing Turns out that the plastic pollution problem in the world’s oceans is not just a result…
Read MoreEmissions Must Peak by 2020 to Have 66% Chance of Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
11/04/2011A new assessment of how quickly we have to act to keep global temperature rise below 2°C, the threshold scientists have…
Read More#OccupyWallStreet Discontent: Blame The Baby Boomers
11/04/2011Lloyd Alter Economics The Occupy Movement that is happening around the world is complaining primarily about income inequality, but there are…
Read MoreGreenland Ice Sheet Melting Not Stopped By New Snowfall – Ties For Record Ice Loss
11/04/2011Matthew McDermott Natural Sciences Some new insight into how the Greenland Ice Sheet is melting in response to climate change, from…
Read MoreYou WIll Probably Live to See ‘Dangerous’ Levels of Climate Change
11/04/2011Brian Merchant Climate Change As far as Americans are concerned, climate change is a perpetually distant and ambiguous threat. Some glaciers…
Read MoreOccupy London Runs Into Trouble at Its Home Base
11/04/2011Bonnie Alter Culture Occupy London (or Occupy LSX—London Stock Exchange) has its home base outside St. Paul’s Cathedral in the financial…
Read More178 Countries Support Ban on Toxic Waste Exports to Developing Countries
11/04/2011Brian Merchant Climate Change Distant as it may seem to the plugged-in, blog-reading crowd that you and I count ourselves among,…
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