by Grist
POP ‘TIL YOU DROPCelebs and movies and magazines and TV go green
Everyone who’s anyone made a show of going green during the‘00s—sometimes literally. Cameron Diaz had her Trippin’ series on MTV, kicking off a trend later embraced by stars like Brad Pitt and Adrian Grenier. Leonardo DiCaprio whipped up both a TV show […]
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by Ken Ward
The Jamaica Plain Green House today released its second annual list of “Top 10 Worst Christmas Gifts.” The list ranges from $2 stocking stuffers to baubles of the super-rich. JP Green House co-founder Ken Ward said, “These ten items achieved high scores on each of three criteria—profligate, unnecessary, and tasteless energy use—in […]
OK, lot’s of folks have furnaces but many also have hot water heating systems using boilers. And boilers are a very different animal. Although they provide some of the most comfortable heat using ‘radiant heat’ they have several uncommon parts like a
by Grist
This is the text of the climate accord worked out by President Obama and the leaders of several key nations in Copenhagen on Dec. 18.
In pursuit of the ultimate objective of the Convention as stated in its Article 2, Being guided by the principles and provisions of the Convention, Noting the results of […]
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by David Roberts
One of the purported advantages of a carbon tax over cap-and-trade is that it would be simple, as simple as grandma and apple pie and just as hard to frak with. That view has taken a bit of a blow from the latest news out of France.
The French Constitutional Council has rejected […]
The holiday soirees are just about over and come Jan. 1, hosts will have assessed all of the damage: chipped crystal and china, silver that’s been chewed by ruthless garbage disposals, Grandma’s heirloom napkins smeared with grease, wine-stained rugs,
by Lester Brown
Photo courtesy Kanko* via FlickrSome 3,000 years ago, farmers in eastern China domesticated the soybean. In 1765, the first soybeans were planted in North America. Today the soybean occupies more U.S. cropland than wheat. And in Brazil, where it spread even more rapidly, the soybean is invading the Amazon rainforest.
For close to […]
by Sara Peach
Ruchi Jain, 23, was working as a marketer in Mumbai, India, when she left her job to become a full-time climate activist. Today she works with the Indian Youth Climate Network and 350.org, and she traveled to Copenhagen in December to participate in the climate talks.
I followed Jain during the two-week conference […]