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• when the going gets tusk

  How will you keep walruses from learning to fly? 1

  Posted 2 Sep 2010 1:24 AM By Ashley Braun

  That's what I consider the core message to be of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's cute animated video about climate change's effects on sea creatures. See what I mean. Read More

• It grows on and on

  Avett Brothers play benefit show; give me excuse to write about them

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 10:41 PM By David Roberts

  Y'all know I love The Avett Brothers something fierce. It's rare that they wander into Grist's purview, so I don't usually get a chance to write about them. However! They recently played a benefit for Terra Nova Community Farm in Portland, Ore. That sounds like something our own Tom Philpott would love! Read More

• Skinny passionate guy talks to skinny sarcastic guy

  Bill McKibben tells Letterman why he’s bringing solar back to the White House 1

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 5:25 PM By Jonathan Hiskes

  Bill McKibben chats with David Lettermen about 350.org, his book Eaarth, and a new tour to bring rooftop solar back to the White House (Jimmy Carter installed panels; Ronald Reagan took them down; and students from Unity College in Maine, where they've been stored, are traveling to Washington to have them put back up). Hard worker, this guy. Read More

• Black Hawk down

  Colorado town won’t play nice with bicyclists—but its casino will

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 4:49 PM By Ashley Braun

  You may remember the small town of Black Hawk, Colo., for its recent ban on cycling because bikes were getting in the way of all its casino traffic. Which makes it the perfect destination for a bicycling group's next getaway, says one Black Hawk casino. Read More

• Everyday low standards

  The price of cheap Walmart eggs? Mummified hens and tainted eggs

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 4:34 PM By Tom Philpott

  Atrocious sanitary conditions prevailed within the factory-scale facilities responsible for the egg recall. But the structure of the U.S. food market and the companies that benefit from its consolidation are far more to blame than any one egg tycoon. Read More

• GINK gone bad!

  Discovery hostage taker was a population-obsessed eco-wacko 15

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 2:38 PM By Lisa Hymas

  Population and procreation are in the headlines thanks to James J. Lee, the eco-wacko who took hostages at the Discovery headquarters building. His primary obsession: "stopping the human race from breeding any more disgusting human babies!" Read More

• Even the fortune cookies didn't see this one coming

  Climate change poses big risks to China’s crops and economy, study finds 1

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 2:01 PM By Agence France-Presse

  Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday. Read More

• Party pooper

  New rules push oil inspectors to clean up their act 1

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 1:37 PM By Randy Rieland

  No more cozying up to oil clients! That's the new hard line from director Michael Bromwich to all his employees at the Bureau of Ocean Energy -- the former, and infamously cozy Minerals Management Services. Also, more damning BP reports, Murkowski concedes, and California lawmakers nix a ban on plastic bags. Read More

• wait, this is good news!

  Creating 625,000 jobs and saving $64 billion through energy efficiency

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 11:00 AM By Joseph Romm

  A major new report finds that a straightforward set of policies aimed at upgrading just 40 percent of the residential and commercial building stock in the United States would create 625,000 sustained full-time jobs over a decade and spark $500 billion in new investments. Read More

• Crude conversation

  Will we ever get off oil? [AUDIO] 2

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 10:06 AM By Mary Bruno

  If the Gulf oil disaster -- the biggest oil “spill” in history -- isn’t enough to make us reconsider crude, then what will be? Oil provides nearly 40 percent of America's power, and presents a grave threat to our environment, economy, health, and national security. Is anybody out there hatching plans for a post-oil world? Our expert panel tackles whether and how we'll move beyond our fossil fuel of choice. Read More

• Flowing, flowing, flowing into the future

  How to restore the Colorado River

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 10:03 AM By Grist

  Jonathan Waterman, author of Running Dry: A Journey from Source to Sea Down the Colorado River, brought together two experts from either end of the river to talk about what's happened to the Colorado over the years, and how to get more water flowing in the future. Read More

• Dyspepsia: the choice of a new generation

  How bad are the next few years going to suck? 32

  Posted 1 Sep 2010 9:46 AM By David Roberts

  Really bad. That's how bad they're going to suck. Read More

• PACE homeowners must pay up before refinancing, Fannie and Freddie say

  Posted 31 Aug 2010 5:21 PM By Jonathan Hiskes

• After a half billion bad eggs get released, the FDA reveals filthy conditions of Wright County Egg 10

  Posted 31 Aug 2010 4:07 PM By Tom Philpott

• We should pay to shut down dirty old coal plants 21

  Posted 31 Aug 2010 3:32 PM By Ted Nace

• California Legislature passes energy storage bill 5

  Posted 31 Aug 2010 12:15 PM By Todd Woody

• My Intentional Life: Hot Flies in the Summertime, Part 2

  Posted 31 Aug 2010 11:44 AM By Grist

• Guerrilla art takes bike activism to the streets [SLIDESHOW] 10

  Posted 31 Aug 2010 11:12 AM By Ashley Braun

• Geothermal: Getting energy from the Earth 18

  Posted 31 Aug 2010 10:32 AM By Lester Brown

• Want a car that gets good grades? Buy a hybrid 17

  Posted 31 Aug 2010 9:37 AM By Randy Rieland

• Fewer and fewer young people are driving—but why? 11

  Posted 30 Aug 2010 4:04 PM By Clark Williams-Derry

• ‘Skeptical environmentalist’ Bjørn Lomborg reverses his climate skepticism 34

  Posted 30 Aug 2010 3:23 PM By Jonathan Hiskes

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