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• Jobs we can believe in

  Merkley wants Senate jobs bill to help finance building efficiency retrofits 4

  Posted 18 hours, 4 minutes ago By David Roberts

  Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met with the chairs of six committees that might have some hand in developing the clean energy bill. The question at hand was whether the bill should be pushed back in favor of a short-term focus on finance reform, jobs, and the deficit. Though John Kerry argued vigorously that the clean energy is a jobs bill that won't grow the deficit, it looks like he lost out and there will be some kind of standalone jobs bill in the interim. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)… Read More

• ClimateGate alert!

  FOX News and TrollCat agree: Global warming is BUNK! 3

  Posted 1 day, 4 hours ago By Brad Johnson

  Right-wing bloggers reacting to trumped up denier story have become indistinguishable from TrollCat. Read More

• Infrastructurally unsound

  Will Whole Foods’ new mobile slaughterhouses squeeze small farmers? 4

  Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago By Tom Laskawy

  For years, small-scale poultry farmers have had trouble processing their birds for market. Grist has learned that Whole Foods is looking to solve just that problem. But will the retail giant's effort squeeze the very farmers it's designed to help? Read More

• Meat Wagon

  Oh-oh: Tamiflu-resistant swine flu rears up in the U.S., U.K. 0

  Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago By Tom Philpott

  Ever since evolution of the swine flu virus accelerated in 1998, virologists and veterinary-science have warned that factory hog farms create the ideal conditions for generating novel viruses. Read More

• Won't you run come see St. Judy's Comet

  Friday music blogging: Harper Simon 0

  Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago By David Roberts

  I have a huge, huge soft spot for Paul Simon. Simon & Garfunkel was one of the first bands I ever got into (like when I was eight) and I still love virtually everything Simon's ever done. My musical tastes were shaped by his knack for catchy melodies and pretty harmonies. I'm one of the 12 people that bought the soundtrack to his Broadway play. So I was both excited and trepidatious about the musical debut of his son (with his first wife) Harper Simon. Read More

• The senator formerly known as maverick

  John McCain’s troubles are the world’s troubles 3

  Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago By Jonathan Hiskes

  The U.S. Senate can't do much without senators like John McCain. The United States can't do much without the Senate. The world can't do much with out the U.S. The world needs a mavericky McCain. Read More

• CRU cut

  Skeptics claim global warming is fake after top scientists’ emails hacked at CRU 4

  Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago By Ashley Braun

  Thousands of emails from a top climate research center have been hacked and illegally posted on the internet. Global warming skeptics are taking this opportunity (and out-of-context quotes from the alleged emails) to spread the word that "global warming is a fraud." Read More

• On thinner ice

  New photography project provides stark proof of melting glaciers on the roof of the world 1

  Posted 1 day, 5 hours ago By Joseph Romm

  Global warming is melting 18,000 Himalayan glaciers. Mountaineer and filmmaker David Breashears has a new video comparing glacier images from the “roof of the world.” Read More

• Muckraking for the planet

  Cast your vote for the best climate journalism 0

  Posted 1 day, 6 hours ago

  The good people at the Earth Journalism Awards have singled out 15 examples of the best reporting on climate and energy issues. They'd like you to cast your vote for the best of the best. Read More

• Don't eat the hype

  Ecological farms: the only real way to feed an Increasingly hungry world 3

  Posted 1 day, 8 hours ago By Debbie Barker

  There are those who would like us to believe that industrialized farming is the only way to feed the earth's growing population. It's simply not true. Read More

• How a simple renovation turned into the "Big Dig" of rehabs

  Home Economics of the JP Green House, Part 1 0

  Posted 1 day, 10 hours ago By Ken Ward

  From an initial budget of $25,000 to a revised estimate of $200,000, the JP Green House has taken on Big Dig proportions -- but the new reality will mean a smarter eco-model in the end. Read More

• Plate Tectonics

  No to Obama’s agrichemical industry man, yes to Bed-Stuy Farm 1

  Posted 1 day, 21 hours ago By Tom Philpott

  This post marks the launch of "Plate Tectonics," a new feature that highlights ways that citizen action can move the food system in more sustainable directions. First task: jamming the revolving door between the agrichemical industry and the Obama administration. Read More

• Climate talks timeline: From 350 to Kyoto to Copenhagen and beyond 0

  Posted 1 day, 23 hours ago

• Top 25 reasons to give a damn about climate change 19

  Posted 1 day, 23 hours ago

• Copenhagen 101: The essentials on the climate talks 2

  Posted 2 days ago By Jonathan Hiskes

• Inferno on Earth: Wildfires spreading as temperatures rise 1

  Posted 2 days, 1 hour ago By Lester Brown

• The Climate Post: You heard it here first—Copenhagen a success 0

  Posted 2 days, 2 hours ago By Eric Roston

• Global boiling declares war on Thanksgiving 3

  Posted 2 days, 2 hours ago By Brad Johnson

• A tasting of four meatless “turkeys” for the holiday table 14

  Posted 2 days, 3 hours ago By Lou Bendrick

• If Cousteau went to Copenhagen 0

  Posted 2 days, 4 hours ago By Brad Matsen

• Gourmet’s conscience, Gopnik on cookbooks, and other tasty morsels 3

  Posted 2 days, 21 hours ago By Tom Philpott

• Winning the clean energy race: a new strategy for American leadership 4

  Posted 3 days, 15 hours ago By Teryn Norris

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