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• Onward Christian climate activists

  Christian Coalition backs Sen. Graham on climate legislation

  Posted 17 Mar 2010 3:06 PM By Samantha Thompson

  Since coming out in support of climate legislation in October, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has faced a lot of vitriol from groups on the right. But one unlikely group is coming to Graham's defense: the Christian Coalition. Read More

• Flipping the Switch?

  Should electric bike sales be subsidized?

  Posted 17 Mar 2010 1:41 PM By Alan Durning

  Many observers now believe e-bikes will grow rapidly in North America. Colorado-based market analysts Pike Research, for example, predict that U.S. sales will quadruple from 250,000 e-bikes in 2010 to more than 1 million in 2016. To speed this process, one common approach -- evident in the bevy of tax credits available for purchasers of hybrid and electric cars -- would be to subsidize e-bike sales. Read More

• Meet me at the food court

  The secret mall gardens of Cleveland 1

  Posted 17 Mar 2010 1:15 PM By Lisa Selin Davis

  In a largely empty Cleveland mall, a project called Gardens Under Glass is taking root, part of a grand plan to transform malls into greenhouses. Read More

• Morales imperative

  Bolivia summit to seek global climate change referendum 2

  Posted 17 Mar 2010 7:12 AM By Agence France-Presse

  An alternative "people's conference" on climate change in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba in April will seek to advance an international global warming referendum, organizers said Tuesday. Read More

• Painted Love

  Ask Umbra on paint that’s better for the planet [VIDEO] 4

  Posted 17 Mar 2010 12:01 AM By Umbra Fisk

  Grist’s painted lady, Ask Umbra, shows us a better way to color our worlds. If you care about your walls, your health, and the planet’s, watch this! Read More

• Fashion faux pas

  Chanel gives global warming the cold shoulder in Paris fashion show

  Posted 16 Mar 2010 4:09 PM By Ashley Braun

  A top fashion designer from Chanel makes his fashion statement political when he puts an iceberg on the runway. The theme? Global cooling. Read More

• climate bill-out

  Is Senator Graham looking for an excuse to bail on climate legislation? 1

  Posted 16 Mar 2010 2:00 PM By Josh Nelson

  Kate Sheppard asks if the passage of health care legislation will hurt or hinder progress on climate legislation. But the underlying question is whether or not Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is looking for an excuse to bail on climate negotiations. Read More

• sincentives part deux

  Can we stop obesity without taxes? 9

  Posted 16 Mar 2010 1:15 PM By Tom Laskawy

  Michelle Obama went before the Grocery Manufacturers Association today seeking its support for her "Let's Move" anti-obesity initiative. The GMA, which counts food companies like Kraft, General Mills, and Coca-Cola among its membership, isn't necessarily friendly territory for Michelle Obama. But if the standing ovation she received is any indication, Big Food is trying hard to show it's on the right side of the obesity issue. Read More

• charging up

  Three trends that favor electric bikes 14

  Posted 16 Mar 2010 9:40 AM By Alan Durning

  In part 1, I described the appeal of and demand for electric bikes, and mentioned that three trends bode well for them in the Pacific Northwest and the rest of North America. Battery-juiced two-wheelers could finally break out of their current status as transportation novelties, helping us rise to challenges as great as climate change, oil addiction, and recession. In this post, I detail these trends. Read More

• dishing good dirt

  Garden Girl TV: Healthy soil equals healthy plants and people 1

  Posted 16 Mar 2010 10:33 AM By Garden Girl

  Patti Moreno shows you how to make sure your soil is healthy with organic compost and worms. Read More

• HOUSE RULES

  For green homes, should energy trump everything else? 7

  Posted 16 Mar 2010 9:46 AM By Jonathan Hiskes

  Pam Worner runs a business near Seattle helping home builders adopt “green” building practices. She’s fond of the phrases “tangled up in green” and “I don’t care what your countertop is made out of.” Here's what she means. Read More

• Paved with good inventions

  Sanyo sets up solar parking lots for electric bikes 1

  Posted 16 Mar 2010 8:40 AM By Agence France-Presse

  Japanese electronics giant Sanyo said Tuesday it had opened two "solar parking lots" in Tokyo where 100 electric hybrid bicycles can be recharged from sunlight-powered panels. Read More

• Jeff Goodell: ‘It’s a bad idea for geoengineering to be the equivalent of the Pompeii sex room’ 15

  Posted 16 Mar 2010 6:00 AM By David Roberts

• Adding iron to sea boosts deadly neurotoxin, study finds

  Posted 15 Mar 2010 3:45 PM By Agence France-Presse

• Time to bury cheap coal 9

  Posted 15 Mar 2010 3:31 PM By Terry Tamminen

• Carly Fiorina said cap-and-trade ‘will both create jobs and lower the cost of energy’

  Posted 15 Mar 2010 3:07 PM By Brad Johnson

• The parable of the electric bike 6

  Posted 15 Mar 2010 2:46 PM By Alan Durning

• You may be bike-curious if ... 4

  Posted 15 Mar 2010 1:06 PM By Ashley Braun

• New Gallup poll shows sharp partisan divide in understanding of climate change 2

  Posted 15 Mar 2010 12:58 PM By Josh Nelson

• How the global food market starves the poor [video] 5

  Posted 15 Mar 2010 11:44 AM By Fast Company

• Daylight saving time doesn’t save energy 18

  Posted 15 Mar 2010 10:09 AM By Joseph Romm

• The water wars: California’s salmon vs. agribiz interests 3

  Posted 15 Mar 2010 9:41 AM By Paul Johnson

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