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by Tom Philpott
Carbon sequestration: Crop Mob stalwarts Rob Jones, left, and Chris Rumbley create a hügelkultur bed at “the Bog” co-housing community in Carrboro, N.C., summer 2009. Photo: Tom PhilpottA growing number of young people are finishing college and resisting the pressure to plunk down in a cube behind a computer. Others skip college […]
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SHANGHAI—China’s environmental concerns have dashed Tengzhong’s dream of buying the iconic Hummer brand from General Motors, but the once little-known firm has now made a name for itself, analysts said Thursday.
Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, based in southwest China, raised eyebrows when it announced in June last year that it would buy […]
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by Bill McKibben
This essay was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom’s kind permission.
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Twenty-one years ago, in 1989, I wrote what many havecalled the first book for a general audience on global warming. One ofthe more interesting reviews came from The Wall Street Journal. Itwas a mixed and judicious appraisal. “The […]
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