America’s New Math: 1 Wa...

Apr 20, 2013 by

America’s New Math: 1 Wall Street Hour = 21 Years of Hard Work For the Rest of Us

It’s perverse: the top 10 hedge funds managers make as much as 196,000 registered nurses.

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As Final U.S. Decision Nears, ...

Apr 19, 2013 by

As Final U.S. Decision Nears, A Lively Debate on GM Salmon

Few businessmen would relish promoting a product dubbed the “Frankenfish,” ..

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Indiana lawmakers, who are als...

Apr 18, 2013 by

Indiana lawmakers, who are also coal company execs, help coal industry

Corporations have not figured out how to get themselves elected to public office,..

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None of the world’s top indust...

Apr 17, 2013 by

None of the world’s top industries would be profitable if they paid for the natural capital they use

The notion of “externalities” has become familiar in environmental circles.

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George Monbiot on recycling, c...

Apr 12, 2013 by

George Monbiot on recycling, consumption, population growth, China and just about everything that matters

There are some arguments that we just never win at TreeHugger..

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Solar panels could destroy U.S...

Apr 10, 2013 by

Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, according to U.S. utilities – definitely time for change

Solar power and other distributed renewable energy technologies ..

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Is Innovation Over?

Jan 30, 2013 by

Is Innovation Over?

Perhaps it is the cover on the Economist that set me off.

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Coke: Wait, People Thought Vit...

Jan 18, 2013 by

Coke: Wait, People Thought Vitaminwater Was Good for You?

[Translate] MotherJones —By Tom Philpott | Fri Jan. 18, 2013 3:01 AM PST In light of Coca-Cola’s much-discussed attempt to...

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A ‘fusion’ of good news:

Jan 6, 2013 by

A ‘fusion’ of good news:

Solar stocks are ‘hot’ thanks to Warren Buffett…

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Coal Giant Drops Claim That it...

Dec 30, 2012 by

Coal Giant Drops Claim That it is ‘the Global Leader in Clean Energy Solutions’

Peabody Energy, the biggest private-sector coal company in the world,…

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Small Charity Beats Oil Giant

Dec 13, 2012 by

Solar lights save lives in Africa.

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Imagining Cities That Can Save...

Dec 5, 2012 by

Imagining Cities That Can Save The Planet: Alex Steffen Talks About Carbon Zero

From writing about the interrelationship between urban density..

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Toyota Recall: Japanese Automa...

Nov 14, 2012 by

Toyota Recall: Japanese Automaker To Recall 2.77 Million Cars Over Steering Glitch

[Translate] HuffPost Reuters  |  Posted: 11/14/2012 12:25 am EST Updated: 11/14/2012 12:51 pm EST TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) –...

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Toward a New Environmentalism

Nov 2, 2012 by

Toward a New Environmentalism

Back in 2010, I responded to the anti-environmentalist, anti-techno-optimist Dark Mountain Movement …

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Let’s Call the “Gr...

Nov 1, 2012 by

Let’s Call the “Grand Bargain” What It Is: The Grand Betrayal of the American People

If Obama tries to unravel the social safety net in a second term, he’ll be in for a fight.

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A Coffee Seller Seeks to Cut H...

Oct 17, 2012 by

A Coffee Seller Seeks to Cut Hunger Among Coffee Growers

[Translate] Food October 9, 2012, 2:09 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN Janet Jarman for The New York TimesA cherry, the fruit that contains...

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How Sustainability Can Save Bu...

Oct 8, 2012 by

This is the first of a series of weekly columns to be published on Tuesday by Tyler Elm and Jim Harris on how sustainability as strategy cuts cost..

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Cargill to Stop Using Least Ef...

Oct 5, 2012 by

Cargill to Stop Using Least Efficient Ships

From plans to pave over wetlands to allegations of illegal logging..

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The Biggest (and Least Discuss...

Oct 4, 2012 by

The Biggest (and Least Discussed) Lie of the Debate

There’s one assertion that has received minimal attention in the after-action coverage of the debate..

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Why the New ‘Golden Age ...

Oct 4, 2012 by

Why the New ‘Golden Age of Oil’ Has Been a Bust

To reach their ambitious targets, energy firms will have to overcome severe geological and environmental barriers…

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Talk Like A Pirate Day

Sep 19, 2012 by

Talk Like A Pirate Day

Arrr! Every year we celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day..

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How a Corrupt Dietitians’...

Aug 16, 2012 by

How a Corrupt Dietitians’ Group Has Taken Over Nutrition Advice in America

[Translate] AlterNet / By Ari LeVaux The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is engaged in a turf war over the right to give...

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A Deeper Look at Undisclosed C...

Aug 10, 2012 by

[Translate] August 1, 2012, 3:35 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN Opponents of expanded gas drilling have coined the term “frackademia” for...

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Giving Big Rigs Wings to Help ...

Aug 8, 2012 by

[Translate] by Bailey, PF Intern | 11:02 am August 7th, 2012 |   This week we hit the road to find out more about an idea to...

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ETSY Employees Haul 600lb of C...

Aug 6, 2012 by

ETSY Employees Haul 600lb of Compostables Each Month By Bike

[Translate] Sami Grover Business / Corporate Responsibility August 6, 2012 ETSY/Video screen capture From awesome iPhone docs built...

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We Can Reforest the Earth

Aug 3, 2012 by

We Can Reforest the Earth

[Translate] Lester Brown Business / Environmental Policy July 31, 2012 Alex Yosifov/CC BY-SA 2.0 Protecting the 10 billion acres of...

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Should Soda and Fast Food Gian...

Jul 29, 2012 by

Should Soda and Fast Food Giants Play Such a Central Role in the Olympic Games?

[Translate] Sara Novak Business / Corporate Responsibility July 28, 2012 Nicholas Heasman-Walsh/CC BY-SA 2.0 Yesterday London opened...

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Searching for a New Economy

Jun 25, 2012 by

[Translate] Dot Earth – New York Times blog June 22, 2012, 10:43 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN Given persistent debt troubles, the...

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On Capitol Hill, Reporter Atta...

Jun 3, 2012 by

[Translate] Video: On Capitol Hill, Reporter Attacked For Daring To Ask A Question To A Powerful CEO By Lee Fang June 02, 2012...

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