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It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: Blank(enship) verse edition 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Could Big Coal CEO Don Blankenship be a poet at heart? Why yes, if Twitter is any indication. We rework his heated words into haikus.
Micture This

Peeing in the shower goes, um, viral 7
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
As news hits of an ad campaign in Brazil aimed at convincing pee-ple to pee in the shower, Umbra revisits her advice on the very same topic.
From the astroturfing files

What if climate groups copied dirty industry tactics…? 2
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
If Big Coal or Big Oil can pay to generate fake grassroots opposition to climate and energy legislation, couldn't green groups flip the tables and do the same?
Jimmy Fallon, iPhone home

Solar chargers, real and imagined 1
Posted 4 months ago
If you, like literally dozens of Americans, find Jimmy Fallon mildly to moderately funny, you will enjoy this bit of "news."
Why do you confuse 'making stuff up' with reporting the facts?

So long, Sarah! 22
Posted 4 months ago
The U.S. Postal Service screwed up and delivered a farewell card to us that was clearly intended for Sarah Palin, the now ex-governor of Alaska. We didn't realize the error before we had opened it, scanned it, and published it here for your reading pleasure.
Bag it

Better ways to spend $1 million on plastics 4
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
A plastics industry trade group plans to drop $1 million to fight Seattle's 20-cent tax on shopping bags. We suggest some better uses for the money.
cream pies, always funny

Steven Chu and cap-and-snooze on the Daily Show 4
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart delivered a twofer last night with a bit of cap-and-trade commentary followed by an interview with Dr. Nobel McGenius, Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
Corporate press release of the century. Not a hoax.

Company denies its robots feed on the dead 2
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
“We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission.”
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a coal shill!

Rep. Rahall to leap out of a plane on behalf of coal 5
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall (D) plans to leap out of an airplane to show his support for coal.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: G8 edition 3
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
This week, world leaders came to a landmark climate agreement at the G8 summit in Italy ... or just enjoyed a really good meal or two. Pasta la vista, baby.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: Breath-catching edition 0
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
After last week's Congressional frenzy, we take a moment to reflect on the climate vote and its fallout. Next week: no ACES, we promise!
Hidden costs of Obama’s energy bill 2
Posted 5 months ago
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: OMG They’re Voting! edition 1
Posted 5 months ago
You've maybe noticed a certain theme on Grist lately. Call it what you will -- Waxman-Markey, ACES, The Crucialest Legislation This Country Has Seen In Recent Memory or Maybe Ever -- it's a critical battle in the climate fight. Right?
He's Also Dating Miss Nomer

Mark Sanford’s “world wind” tour 1
Posted 5 months ago
Is the South Carolina conservative-cum-philanderer a fan of alternative energy too? Investigating the truth behind those blush-inducing emails.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: apocalypse edition 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Did you hear about that climate report that came out? That 196-page report that, even though it's in layman's terms, is still ... 196 pages? Here's five lines to tell you what it's all about.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: mustache edition 1
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Pitchforks, a fake treaty, and obstinate I-can't-hear-you newspaper reading -- this week's ode is action-packed!
Shut Your Mouth!

13 badass greens 17
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Think all greens are wimps and weenies? Think again.
Vanity Unfair

Ask Umbra on license plates 6
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
A devoted green gets a license plate reading PVC -- what to do? Umbra hammers out a number of suggestions.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: plagiarism edition! 0
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
In which our doggerelist, forsaking rhyme and short on time, repurposes someone else's hot climate prose.
Who needs teeth when you've got cheap power?

West Virginia celebrates the blessings of a coal-based economy 27
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has declared coal the official state rock. Here are some suggestions of other ways he could celebrate the blessings coal brings.