A Plan to Bring Sun-Powered Ir...

May 20, 2013 by

A Plan to Bring Sun-Powered Irrigation to Poor Farmers

One of the finest applications of solar photovoltaic panels is in powering drip irrigation systems for farmers ..

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The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable...

May 20, 2013 by

The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable Corporate Hunger for Profits Has Devastated American Life — and the World Along with It

Big business is making its way around the world like a modern-day Attila the Hun, pillaging and despoiling the planet.

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What the frack do we know? Not...

May 17, 2013 by

What the frack do we know? Not much, it turns out

Remember the scene in the movie Gasland where the guy lights his tapwater on fire?

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New York City’s water

May 15, 2013 by

New York City’s water

Eddie & Sam’s Pizza in downtown Tampa, Fla., boasts “Real New York Pizza.” ..

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Judge says EPA’s lax guideline...

May 10, 2013 by

Judge says EPA’s lax guidelines on dispersants can stand

Should the federal government regulate where oil dispersants can be used..

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Will cities ever get smart abo...

May 8, 2013 by

Will cities ever get smart about water use?

If the definition of insanity is making the same mistakes over and over

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Youngstown, Ohio, voters on fr...

May 8, 2013 by

Youngstown, Ohio, voters on fracking: “Yes, please”

On Tuesday, voters in Youngstown, Ohio, gave the fracking industry carte blanche to continue pumping chemicals ..

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Climate change may make it har...

May 8, 2013 by

Climate change may make it harder for surfers to catch a good wave

Ocean water is getting warmer, and warmer water means less radical waves.

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Beyond the pale ale: A guide t...

May 8, 2013 by

Beyond the pale ale: A guide to sustainable beer

Beer is awesome.

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Fracking threatens to escalate...

May 3, 2013 by

Fracking threatens to escalate the West’s water wars

One of fracking’s few but feverishly touted upsides..

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Arsenic in Chicken and Swine F...

May 2, 2013 by

Arsenic in Chicken and Swine Feed?

Food safety groups sue in federal court to get federal agency to do its job, and stop cancer-causing practice.

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Sandy Sewage Report:

Apr 30, 2013 by

Sandy Sewage Report:

– Superstorm Sandy released 11 billion gallons of sewage from East Coast treatment plants into bodies of water from Washington, D.C., to Connecticut..

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Nitrogen fertilizer is bad stu...

Apr 25, 2013 by

Nitrogen fertilizer is bad stuff —

..and not just because it could blow up your town

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Solar power system makes elect...

Apr 24, 2013 by

Solar power system makes electricity and clean water

New solar technology makes electricity and water at the same time

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“Human Beings Have No Right to...

Apr 24, 2013 by

“Human Beings Have No Right to Water”

Privatization of our natural resources is leading to the inevitable extinction of our species

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Court rejects challenge to EPA...

Apr 24, 2013 by

A court-ordered agreement between regulators and environmental group..

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Our Dangerous Mix of Climate C...

Apr 23, 2013 by

Our Dangerous Mix of Climate Change and Resource Scarcity

Demand for oil, water, and other resources will soon outpace supply.

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Green Idea House

Apr 22, 2013 by

Green Idea House

The Green Idea House is one family’s project to affordably retrofit their house into a net zero energy..

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Flood-drought-flood: Is this t...

Apr 22, 2013 by

Flood-drought-flood: Is this the new normal?

The good news: Heavy rainfall across the Midwest has helped ease a widespread drought.

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Resource Shock: How Resource S...

Apr 21, 2013 by

Resource Shock: How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion

Whether you know it or not, you’re on a new planet, …

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Bill Moyers: A Mother’s ...

Apr 20, 2013 by

Bill Moyers: A Mother’s War Against Toxic Trespassers

With government captured by the very industries it’s supposed to regulate, the time for direct action is now.

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Pipelines, Pulitzers and Indep...

Apr 19, 2013 by

I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch and weigh in on the illuminating online chat I had yesterday ..

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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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Changes on the horizon for Cal...

Apr 10, 2013 by

Changes on the horizon for California’s troubled Salton Sea?

The Salton Sea was once California’s biggest tourist attraction —

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Utah-Nevada Water Deal Falls T...

Apr 9, 2013 by

Utah-Nevada Water Deal Falls Through After Gov. Refuses To Share Groundwater Resources

Utah has sent a message to Nevada: What flows into Utah stays in Utah, even if Las Vegas is thirsty.

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28,000 rivers go missing in Ch...

Apr 9, 2013 by

28,000 rivers go missing in China’s lastest waterway survey… Oops?!

Until recently, China’s government estimated that there were over 50,000 rivers and waterway..

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Climate changes for wine regio...

Apr 8, 2013 by

Climate changes for wine regions could mean hangovers for wildlife

Wine grapes are about as sensitive as your head the morning after you’ve tied one on with a bottle of Bordeaux..

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Frackers lose $1.5 billion yea...

Apr 7, 2013 by

Frackers lose $1.5 billion yearly thanks to leaky pipes

Of all the many and varied consequences of fracking ..

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CHART: Withering Drought Still...

Apr 4, 2013 by

CHART: Withering Drought Still Plaguing Half of America

The $50 billion drought that bedeviled the country last Summer—

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The Coming Crash: Our Addictio...

Mar 31, 2013 by

The Coming Crash: Our Addiction to Endless Growth on a Finite Planet

Richard Heinberg talks about the new book “Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth,”…

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