We Can Reforest the Earth

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We Can Reforest the Earth

Protecting the 10 billion acres of remaining forests on earth and replanting many of those already lost are both essential for restoring the earth’s health.

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Get Used to the American West ...

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Get Used to the American West in Flames: What Living With the ‘New Normal’ Will Mean

[Translate] Alternet TomDispatch.com / By William deBuys More than scenery is at stake, more even than the stability of soils,...

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Will Southern’s Californ...

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Will Southern’s California Controversial Desalination Plant Get Off the Ground? Here’s the Last Hurdle it Faces

[Translate] Alternet DC Bureau / By David Rosenfeld The private equity firm proposing to finance the project has one last hurdle to...

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System Failure: We Are Approac...

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System Failure: We Are Approaching the End of Society As We Know It — And That May Be a Good Thing

[Translate] AlterNet / By Terrence McNally Paul Gilding talks about his new book, The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will...

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Occupy the Dam: Brazil’s...

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Occupy the Dam: Brazil’s Indigenous Uprising

[Translate] YES! Magazine / By John Perkins In the Amazonian backcountry, tribes are challenging construction of the world’s...

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Are We Headed Back to the Dust...

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Are We Headed Back to the Dust Bowl? Blame the Banks

[Translate]   Alternet / By Raj Patel Record-breaking weather, farmers losing crops, banks repossessing land from the poor, a...

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Congress Set to Take Food Aid ...

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Congress Set to Take Food Aid Away From Millions of Hungry Americans

[Translate] AlterNet / By Christopher D. Cook This makes no sense from a humanitarian point of view or from an economic one. July 26,...

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Thousands Converge in Washingt...

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Thousands Converge in Washington to Launch National Movement Against Fracking

[Translate] AlterNet / By Sabrina Artel The rally demanded that Congress take immediate action to protect our health and our water...

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Why the military is trying to ...

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Why the military is trying to reduce its fossil fuel use

[Translate] David Roberts Energy, politics, and more  Grist By David Roberts   Republicans have been going after the Navy’s...

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Is the Paradigm Shifting?

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[Translate] Adrian Grenier and Peter Glatzer HuffPostGreen Posted: 07/27/2012 8:31 am If necessity is the mother of invention, then...

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California Puts Initiative To ...

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California Puts Initiative To Label Genetically Modified Foods On November Ballot

[Translate] By Guest Blogger on Jun 19, 2012 at 2:30 pm A California initiative requiring the labeling of genetically modified food...

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The energy powering our wired ...

Jul 30, 2012 by

The energy powering our wired world is easily taken for granted

[Translate] Sustainable Earth: Energy At Rio+20 the challenge is to power our planet without ruining it. A woman cooks bread over...

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Scientists find CO2-sucking fu...

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Scientists find CO2-sucking funnels in Southern Ocean

[Translate] MNN.COM›Earth Matters› Wilderness & Resources Wind, eddies and currents work together to create funnels that pull...

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Keep on Trucking: How the Food...

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Keep on Trucking: How the Food Truck Concept is Spreading To Other Uses

[Translate] Lloyd Alter Design / Urban Design July 30, 2012 Gourmet Bitches Food Truck, Toronto/Promo image Fifty years ago, Jane...

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When New Prefab Meets Old: A M...

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When New Prefab Meets Old: A Missed Opportunity

[Translate] Lloyd Alter Design / Modular Design July 30, 2012 © Sears Archives Between 1908 and 1940, Sears Roebuck sold over 70,000...

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Can Universities Credibly Prob...

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[Translate] July 28, 2012, 1:58 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN July 29, 4:38 p.m. | Updated (see asterisk) | Lisa Wright, a foe of natural...

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‘Converted’ Skeptic: Humans Dr...

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[Translate] July 28, 2012, 11:55 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN   4:02 p.m. | Live Updates Below | Richard Muller, a cantankerous but...

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A Closer Look at Climate Studi...

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[Translate] July 30, 2012, 5:04 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN   Last weekend saw a remarkable pulse of pre-publication publicity for fresh...

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Obama’s August Surprise ...

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Obama’s August Surprise in Coal Country? Mountaintop Removal Moratorium and Green Jobs Plan? (VIDEO)

[Translate] Alternet Posted by Jeff Biggers at 1:28 pm July 17, 2012 As the ravages of mountaintop removal coal...

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The Sky Is Now Legally Protect...

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The Sky Is Now Legally Protected, Thanks to a Texas Judge

[Translate] AlterNet / By Jay Walljasper Breathe a sigh of relief. July 27, 2012  | “Texas judge rules atmosphere, air is a public...

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Bill Magwood, NRC Democrat, Is...

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Bill Magwood, NRC Democrat, Is ‘Treacherous, Miserable Liar’ And ‘First-Class Rat,’ Says Harry Reid

[Translate] Ryan Grim HuffPostPolitics ryan@huffingtonpost.com   Posted: 07/30/2012 12:16 am Updated: 07/30/2012 2:13 am Bill Magwood...

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Bill Nye Addresses Climate Cha...

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[Translate] The Huffington Post  |  By James Gerken Posted: 07/30/2012 9:52 am Updated: 07/30/2012 9:52 am When asked if he was...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Why Are Wo...

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[Translate] TruthOut.org / By Amy Dean Ehrenreich talks to Amy Dean about the crisis of economic insecurity, the invisibility of...

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Top 10 GMO Foods to Avoid

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Top 10 GMO Foods to Avoid

[Translate] Corn is Number 1 on the list of GMO foods to avoid. (photo: Natural Society) go to original article   By Elizabeth...

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Global Warming’s Terrify...

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Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math

Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe..

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California Ballot Initiative t...

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[Translate] THRIVE By Pamm Larry Greetings! On January 20, 2011, while the Congressional Agriculture Commission was grilling Tom...

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Danger: International Food Cod...

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Danger: International Food Code Threatens Consumer Health and Protection

[Translate] Thrive By Foster Gamble “If you control food, you control the population.” – Henry Kissinger [World Health...

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DANGER: Nuclear Power is Unsaf...

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DANGER: Nuclear Power is Unsafe

[Translate] Nuclear Radiation THRIVE Why would we risk all life on Earth by unleashing the most dangerous pollutant ever discovered...

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DANGER: Plastics are Poisoning...

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DANGER: Plastics are Poisoning Our Bodies and the Planet

[Translate] THRIVE How does consuming plastic threaten our well-being and benefit the oil industry at the same time? Plastic is a...

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DANGER: Genetically Modified C...

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DANGER: Genetically Modified Crops Are Getting into Everything and Everyone

Why would we risk our health, threaten evolution and become dependent on chemical companies for our food?

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