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A tasting of four meatless “turkeys” for the holiday table 14
Posted 2 days, 19 hours ago by Lou BendrickThere are ways to celebrate Thanksgiving that don't involve turkey carnage. Lou Bendrick and her motley band of tasters deliver the goods on four meatless "birds." Read More
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Jobs we can believe in
Merkley wants Senate jobs bill to help finance building efficiency retrofits 4
Posted 1 day, 9 hours ago By David Roberts

Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met with the chairs of six committees that might have some hand in developing the clean energy bill. The question at hand was whether the bill should be pushed back in favor of a short-term focus on finance reform, jobs, and the deficit. Though John Kerry argued vigorously that the clean energy is a jobs bill that won't grow the deficit, it looks like he lost out and there will be some kind of standalone jobs bill in the interim. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)… Read More
ClimateGate alert!
FOX News and TrollCat agree: Global warming is BUNK! 3
Posted 1 day, 19 hours ago By Brad Johnson
Right-wing bloggers reacting to trumped up denier story have become indistinguishable from TrollCat. Read More
Infrastructurally unsound
Will Whole Foods’ new mobile slaughterhouses squeeze small farmers? 4
Posted 1 day, 16 hours ago By Tom Laskawy

For years, small-scale poultry farmers have had trouble processing their birds for market. Grist has learned that Whole Foods is looking to solve just that problem. But will the retail giant's effort squeeze the very farmers it's designed to help? Read More
Meat Wagon
Oh-oh: Tamiflu-resistant swine flu rears up in the U.S., U.K. 0
Posted 1 day, 16 hours ago By Tom Philpott
Ever since evolution of the swine flu virus accelerated in 1998, virologists and veterinary-science have warned that factory hog farms create the ideal conditions for generating novel viruses. Read More
Won't you run come see St. Judy's Comet
Friday music blogging: Harper Simon 0
Posted 1 day, 17 hours ago By David Roberts
I have a huge, huge soft spot for Paul Simon. Simon & Garfunkel was one of the first bands I ever got into (like when I was eight) and I still love virtually everything Simon's ever done. My musical tastes were shaped by his knack for catchy melodies and pretty harmonies. I'm one of the 12 people that bought the soundtrack to his Broadway play. So I was both excited and trepidatious about the musical debut of his son (with his first wife) Harper Simon. Read More
The senator formerly known as maverick
John McCain’s troubles are the world’s troubles 5
Posted 1 day, 17 hours ago By Jonathan Hiskes

The U.S. Senate can't do much without senators like John McCain. The United States can't do much without the Senate. The world can't do much with out the U.S. The world needs a mavericky McCain. Read More
CRU cut
Skeptics claim global warming is fake after top scientists’ emails hacked at CRU 13
Posted 1 day, 17 hours ago By Ashley Braun

Thousands of emails from a top climate research center have been hacked and illegally posted on the internet. Global warming skeptics are taking this opportunity (and out-of-context quotes from the alleged emails) to spread the word that "global warming is a fraud." Read More
On thinner ice
New photography project provides stark proof of melting glaciers on the roof of the world 1
Posted 1 day, 21 hours ago By Joseph Romm

Global warming is melting 18,000 Himalayan glaciers. Mountaineer and filmmaker David Breashears has a new video comparing glacier images from the “roof of the world.” Read More
Muckraking for the planet
Cast your vote for the best climate journalism 0
Posted 1 day, 22 hours ago
The good people at the Earth Journalism Awards have singled out 15 examples of the best reporting on climate and energy issues. They'd like you to cast your vote for the best of the best. Read More
Don't eat the hype
Ecological farms: the only real way to feed an Increasingly hungry world 3
Posted 2 days ago By Debbie Barker

There are those who would like us to believe that industrialized farming is the only way to feed the earth's growing population. It's simply not true. Read More
How a simple renovation turned into the "Big Dig" of rehabs
Home Economics of the JP Green House, Part 1 0
Posted 2 days, 1 hour ago By Ken Ward

From an initial budget of $25,000 to a revised estimate of $200,000, the JP Green House has taken on Big Dig proportions -- but the new reality will mean a smarter eco-model in the end. Read More
Plate Tectonics
No to Obama’s agrichemical industry man, yes to Bed-Stuy Farm 1
Posted 2 days, 13 hours ago By Tom Philpott

This post marks the launch of "Plate Tectonics," a new feature that highlights ways that citizen action can move the food system in more sustainable directions. First task: jamming the revolving door between the agrichemical industry and the Obama administration. Read More
Climate talks timeline: From 350 to Kyoto to Copenhagen and beyond 0
Posted 2 days, 14 hours agoTop 25 reasons to give a damn about climate change 20
Posted 2 days, 15 hours agoCopenhagen 101: The essentials on the climate talks 2
Posted 2 days, 15 hours ago By Jonathan Hiskes
Inferno on Earth: Wildfires spreading as temperatures rise 1
Posted 2 days, 17 hours ago By Lester Brown
The Climate Post: You heard it here first—Copenhagen a success 0
Posted 2 days, 17 hours ago By Eric Roston
Global boiling declares war on Thanksgiving 3
Posted 2 days, 18 hours ago By Brad Johnson
A tasting of four meatless “turkeys” for the holiday table 14
Posted 2 days, 19 hours ago By Lou Bendrick
If Cousteau went to Copenhagen 0
Posted 2 days, 19 hours ago By Brad Matsen
Gourmet’s conscience, Gopnik on cookbooks, and other tasty morsels 3
Posted 3 days, 12 hours ago By Tom Philpott
Winning the clean energy race: a new strategy for American leadership 4
Posted 4 days, 6 hours ago By Teryn Norris
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