Oslo runs out of garbage, imports it from rest of the world
Oslo, the capital of Norway, has a strange garbage problem. Too much? No, not enough.
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Eco Market is like Etsy for Eco
Eco Market is bringing together organic and natural product producers in what has been called an "Etsy for Eco" model.
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Mother Jones lists 6 ways the sequester hurts the environment
Congress is about to allow unnecessary and self-imposed budget cuts negatively impact a whole host of important government programs. Mother Jones notes the potential environmental damage.
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Meet Bill McKibben, the man behind the climate movement
Bloomberg Businessweek has a nice profile of 350.org founder and climate activist, Bill McKibben.
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9 CEOs and corporate execs leading the climate change fight
Whether big business can be a force for good is a perennial discussion among TreeHuggers. These corporate leaders are out to prove it can.
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Tesla vows to repay government loan in half the required time
Despite admitting to being financially hurt by the recent New York Times controversy, Tesla's CEO Elon Musk is confident that his company will be able to repay the Department of Energy (DoE) loan in 5 years rather than 10.
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Smog-forming emissions from U.S. power plants have been declining for 20+ years
It's pretty obvious to anyone who looks back far enough that air quality regulations have had a huge impact, at least when it comes to pollutants other than greenhouse gases.
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Apparently nobody cares about the environment anymore
According to a recent poll, interest in environmental issues has fallen significantly. Blame the economy.
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Why fossil fuel divestment is key to climate progress
Bill McKibben has a must-read post at Rolling Stone explaining the strategic logic of pressuring universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry
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Hans Rosling debunks myths of child birth and the "developing world"
The brilliant Hans Rosling has a data visualization video that helps debunk the myths of the birth and child mortality rates of the so-called developed and developing countries.
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Working from home: House has bookstore and Café inside
Atelier Bow Wow designs a home for a retired couple that is going to stay very busy.
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Hip-hop video compares the food industry to drug dealers
The makers of "Food Fight" level charges of racketeering and murder against the global food industry. They may just have a point.
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Ouch: Google's new headquarters are all about "casual collisions"
No wonder Marissa Mayer wants everyone coming to the office at Yahoo; it works for Google.
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Gas-burning patio heaters continue to glow in Paris
It's the City of Faint Red Lights as Paris cafés get to keep their patio heaters and overturn a proposed ban.
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Another Seattle tool library opens its doors
As Seattle welcomes yet another tool library, there are bigger picture lessons to be learned about the value of sharing.
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How insurance industry can help fight climate change
Jim Malewitz at Stateline reports on the role the insurance industry can help reduce loses by addressing climate change.
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Other voices on Marissa Mayer's "Back to the office" order for Yahoo! employees
Is she trying to "put together a 21st Century technology company using 19th Century workplace mentalities"? Or is this a smart move?
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How the US Navy is going green
Mother Jones has a good feature on how the United States military is helping push the clean energy revolution forward.
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Sorry, Yahoo!; working from home makes more sense than ever
Management often has a problem when people want to work from home, but the advantages for everyone are significant.
