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• Listen to your elders, Senate -- there aren't many of them

  Conservation legend Russell Train to Senate: Protect the Clean Air Act

  Posted 24 May 2010 2:15 PM By David Roberts

  The legendary Russell Train was, among many other things, the second administrator of the EPA, serving from 1973-1977 under Nixon and Ford. He was instrumental in making environmental protection a top-line item on the presidential agenda. Today he sent a letter to the Senate urging it to reject Sen. Lisa Murkowski's effort to gut the Clean Air Act by overturning its endangerment finding on greenhouse gases. His defense of the EPA and its Clean Air Act authority is one of the most informed and eloquent… Read More

• it's time for action on coal ash

  Coal’s dirty secret

  Posted 24 May 2010 6:54 AM By Sue Sturgis

  Coal ash is one of the country's biggest waste streams and is full of toxic substances, yet it remains virtually unregulated. Can Washington overcome the fierce opposition of energy interests to protect communities and the environment? Read More

• Fry power

  Breaking Through Concrete: Day 1 - Seattle to Talent, OR

  Posted 24 May 2010 12:32 PM By David Hanson

  The start of a 14-farm road trip across the country and back in a biodiesel-fueled short bus. Read More

• on the road to capitolism

  Matthews tells Obama to kill BP’s disaster capitalism

  Posted 24 May 2010 11:56 AM By Brad Johnson

  Last week MSNBC’s Chris Matthews erupted in anger at the oil disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico. Matthews wondered why President Obama doesn’t “nationalize that industry and get the job done.” Read More

• finers keepers

  U.N. study calls for economic changes to save biodiversity

  Posted 24 May 2010 11:33 AM By Agence France-Presse

  A key U.N. report on biodiversity will recommend massive economic changes like company fines to help save species and protect the natural world, the Guardian reports. Read More

• shock me like an electric deal

  Electric-car company Tesla gets infusion of cash from Toyota

  Posted 24 May 2010 11:00 AM By Agence France-Presse

  U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Motors is firing on all cylinders and gearing up for greater things after partnering with top carmaker Toyota. Read More

• As the Oil Churns

  Palin critique latest twist in BP slop

  Posted 24 May 2010 10:15 AM By Randy Rieland

  Five weeks into the BP spill disaster and we're so far down the rabbit hole that Sarah Palin and James Carville are starting to sound alike. Read More

• She's redefining green

  Brenda Palms-Barber

  Posted 22 Apr 2010 1:51 PM By Grist

  Brenda Palms-Barber -- chief executive director of the North Lawndale Employment Network in Chicago, Ill. -- is redefining what it means to be green. Read More

• Udder chaos

  A taste test of greener milks 5

  Posted 24 May 2010 5:00 AM By Lou Bendrick

  Comparing notes on Organic Valley, Stonyfield, Full Circle, High Lawn Farm, Blue Hill Farm, and Organic Cow pasteurized and un-, full-fat milks. Read More

• Book 'em, Danno

  Ask Umbra on eco-fiction and hair donations for the oil spill 8

  Posted 23 May 2010 11:00 PM By Umbra Fisk

  Umbra books it to the library for a bevvy of eco-fiction finds, takes a reader's word for it about a book pick, and tells everyone where to send their shorn locks to help with the oil spill. Read More

• Now that's rich

  Palin accuses Obama of being in bed with Big Oil 4

  Posted 23 May 2010 10:33 PM By Agence France-Presse

  Right-wing darling Sarah Palin accused President Barack Obama on Sunday of being lax in his response to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and suggested this was because he is too close to Big Oil. Read More

• The GINK Chronicles

  Worried about falling birthrates? Then drop that sexist attitude 14

  Posted 23 May 2010 12:01 PM By Lisa Hymas

  There's lots of hand-wringing over the graying populace in some European countries. If you're one of the worriers, here's something you can do: End entrenched chauvinism and start supporting working moms. Read More

• Friday music blogging: Fang Island

  Posted 21 May 2010 3:58 PM By David Roberts

• Michael Pollan chronicles rise of the food movement(s) 2

  Posted 21 May 2010 4:17 PM By Bonnie Azab Powell

• Bike to Work Day and bike to work cities 3

  Posted 21 May 2010 4:04 PM By Jonathan Hiskes

• Big companies help do something right in Canadian forest deal 3

  Posted 21 May 2010 3:12 PM By Todd Paglia

• Four House Republicans give a nod to biking, walking 1

  Posted 21 May 2010 2:58 PM By Jonathan Hiskes

• The Gulf spill video roundup 1

  Posted 21 May 2010 1:01 PM By Jennifer Prediger

• Oil gusher forces State Dept. into awkward diplomacy with Cuba 5

  Posted 21 May 2010 12:59 PM By Jonathan Hiskes

• GM bets Volt will move Californians to buy American 13

  Posted 21 May 2010 12:39 PM By Todd Woody

• Safety ‘#1 priority,’ coal chief Blankenship assures Congress 4

  Posted 21 May 2010 11:33 AM By Randy Rieland

• Tea Party helps pass carbon tax 5

  Posted 21 May 2010 11:22 AM By Keith Harrington

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