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• Toxic suds want to watch you shower 0

  Posted 17 hours ago by Ashley Braun

  The self-proclaimed “people against dirty” at Method want you to know what’s in your cleaners. Here’s their risqué video. Read More

• a really hot potato

  Will South Carolina become the nation’s new Yucca Mountain? 0

  Posted 1 week ago by Sue Sturgis

  Earlier this year, President Obama canceled the federal government's plans to store high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and weapons facilities at the controversial Yucca Mountain site in Nevada -- but now there are concerns that the Savannah River Site in South Carolina could become the permanent dumping ground for the dangerous waste. Read More

• Peru slum goes cutting edge as ‘fog catcher’ 3

  Posted 1 week, 1 day ago by Agence France-Presse

  Many of Peru's grittiest slums can only dream of access to water. But thanks to a German NGO, simple technology, and hard work, some humble homes are the first to use plastic netting to harvest water from the fog cloaking the night sky. Read More

• Is this thing on?

  Lester Brown and I, diavlogging 4

  Posted 1 week, 1 day ago by David Roberts

  I recently recorded my first BloggingHeads TV ... episode? diavlog? not sure what they're called ... with Lester Brown, focused on the latest edition of his book: Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. My main takeaway from the experience is that I need a much better microphone on my laptop. The sound is pretty awful on my end. Also I'm long overdue for some beard maintenance. And media training. There's some chit-chat and technical glitches toward the beginning, but we get rolling about 5… Read More

• Poisoned Patriots

  Veteran wins groundbreaking claim for Agent Orange exposure at Georgia military base 0

  Posted 1 week, 2 days ago by Sue Sturgis

  A U.S. veteran living in Tennessee won what's thought to be the first Veterans Administration claim for exposure inside the continental United States to Agent Orange, an herbicide that was used by the military to clear jungles during the Vietnam War. Read More

• Lawsuit accuses Virginia power company of poisoning Dominican community with toxic coal ash 0

  Posted 1 week, 3 days ago by Sue Sturgis

  A civil lawsuit in state court in Delaware charges AES Corp. -- one of the world's largest power companies -- with illegally dumping 160 million pounds of toxic coal ash waste onto beaches in the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic, leading to serious health problems for nearby residents. Read More

• tallying toxic threats

  Congressional watchdog issues update on coal ash regulation efforts 0

  Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago by Sue Sturgis

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still does not know the exact number of coal ash dumps at the nation's power plants, but it's moving ahead with plans to regulate them. Read More

• Three models of social change 6

  Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago by Lester Brown

  Can we change fast enough? When thinking about the enormous need for social change as we attempt to move the world economy onto a sustainable path, Lester Brown finds it useful to look at various models of change. Read More

• Mountains look best with their tops on

  Coal River Mountain, a symbol of hope, is slated for destruction 37

  Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago by Matt Wasson

  Mountaintop removal mining is starting on an iconic peak in West Virginia, which has tons of potential for wind energy. A wind farm versus a mountaintop removal coal mine -- there could be no better symbol for the crossroads of America’s energy future. Whichever way it goes, the fate of Coal River Mountain is America’s energy future. Read More

• A whole new world

  New interactive map shows devastating effects of global temperature rise 0

  Posted 4 weeks ago by Tyler Falk

  No need to waste your money on the new apocalyptic thrillers coming soon to theaters. A new world map released Thursday by the British government, and unveiled at the Science Museum in London, provides plenty of real life doom and gloom -- and it's free! Read More

• Why Branson and SuperFreakonomics are wrong, in pictures 33

  Posted 1 month ago by David Roberts

  Sir Richard Branson believes that removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere would create a more sustainable society. The authors of SuperFreakonomics agree. But these pictures tell a very different story. Read More

• Bye-bye Arctic ice cap 3

  Posted 1 month ago by Agence France-Presse

  Polar researchers predict that the Arctic ice cap will vanish completely in the summer months within 20-30 years, sounding the alarm just two months before the critical climate change summit in Copenhagen. Read More

• The risky plan to dump coal ash in an old Tennessee mine 0

  Posted 1 month, 1 week ago by Sue Sturgis

• U.S. headed for massive decline in carbon emissions 4

  Posted 1 month, 1 week ago by Lester Brown

• Our global pyramid scheme 3

  Posted 1 month, 1 week ago by Lester Brown

• WWF finds tons of new species about to be wiped out by climate change [slideshow] 1

  Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago by Ashley Braun

• To change your tuna, consider the sardine 7

  Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago by Lou Bendrick

• Scientists identify “safe operating space for humanity” in seminal Nature study 20

  Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago by David Roberts

• Can we protect kids from the toxic trappings of modern life? 1

  Posted 2 months ago by Vanessa Kerr

• Puget Sound saviors wage war on pet poop 14

  Posted 2 months ago by Mary Bruno

• EPA revamping rules for toxic releases from coal plants 0

  Posted 2 months ago by Sue Sturgis

• Pollan says health-care reform will fail unless we change the way we eat 11

  Posted 2 months, 1 week ago

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