In WorldChanging - Posted 4 weeks ago

By Peter ter WeemeWith all of the attention placed on the global financial crisis of recent weeks, I've been worrying about whether environmental issu...

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In GristMill - Posted 5 weeks ago

By Joseph RommA new study in Nature Geoscience ($ub. req'd, abstract below) projects that a warming of 4 degrees C causes a 40 percent loss of soil o...

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In Clean Tech Blog - Posted 6 weeks ago

The City of Fresno in California think's not very green' at all and is proposing to buy back' lawns from home owners in an effort to stop peopl...

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In Treehugger - Posted 11 weeks ago

Image source: Manitoba HarvestWhile the US is still the only developed nation where growing hemp is illegal, you can buy products manufactured with he...

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In WorldChanging - Posted 12 weeks ago

By WorldChanging Canada writer Rod Edwards. The Grizzly bear's Latin name captures its place in popular culture: fierce symbol of untamed wilderness, ...

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In GristMill - Posted 12 weeks ago

By Guest author The following is a guest essay from Peter Montague, executive director of the Environmental Research Foundation. ----- Vaclav Smil i...

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In Treehugger - Posted 12 weeks ago

photo by Laura via flickrIt's been about two months since T. Boone Pickens unveiled The Pickens Plan to wean the United States off foreign oil imports...

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In Triple Pundit - Posted 13 weeks ago

Manitoba Hydro, the Canadian gas and electricity company, has started a large scale project to get its customers to use biomass to fuel both heat and ...

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In Earth 911 - Posted 13 weeks ago

A new survey out of Canada reports that 58 percent of Canadians recycle and manage their waste properly. Two different Canadian provinces, Saskatchewa...

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In GristMill - Posted 17 weeks ago

By Eric de PlaceOntario officially joins the Western Climate Initiative as a full partner. Sweet. Some Americans may not fully realize the signific...

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