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• state your business

  States have clean-energy momentum, but it’s under threat

  Posted 25 Oct 2010 3:00 AM By Jonathan Hiskes

  States are way ahead of the feds in helping clean-energy business ramp up. They're on track to create 2 million jobs -- but GOP governor candidates want to stop the investments that are promoting the growth. Read More

• The GINK Videos

  Franzen tackles population and gears up for Oprah [VIDEO]

  Posted 23 Oct 2010 6:18 AM By Lisa Hymas

  This season's It Book, Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, features a protagonist who's deeply concerned about population growth. Oprah's chosen the novel for her book club, so maybe that will get more people concerned. Watch the author discuss population. Read More

• "Gonna ride my bike until I get home"

  Friday music blogging: Mark Ronson & the Business Intl

  Posted 22 Oct 2010 5:10 PM By David Roberts

  Mark Ronson is the hipster's hipster. He was born of wealthy London socialites, came to renown DJing at downtown New York City hot spots, became a successful producer (he's responsible for Amy Winehouse's debut), released a few acclaimed solo albums, dated a few models, and is now fronting Mark Ronson & the Business Intl, whose debut album Record Collection came out recently. It would be easy to hate a guy with such a charmed life, but he sure knows how to make catchy music. Read More

• should we give it our ethanol?

  Our biofuel future: The bitter taste of land grabs and hunger 15

  Posted 22 Oct 2010 3:24 PM By Ashley Braun

  Stanford professor Roz Naylor lays out how a global ramp-up of ethanol and biodiesel production means land speculation and rising food prices for the world's poor. Can the world stomach such a fuel-ish transition? Read More

• Must Be Election Season...

  Media controversy over stimulus-funded clean energy grant program lacks substance 2

  Posted 22 Oct 2010 3:17 PM By Devon Swezey, Jesse Jenkins

  A slew of critical news articles about a clean energy stimulus program have suggested both that the program is a government boondoggle and that the Obama Administration has inflated the number of jobs supported by the program. Both contentions are misleading. Read More

• FLOODY HELL

  Postcards from the future

  Posted 22 Oct 2010 1:21 PM By Jonathan Hiskes

  Have a hard time imagining a world reshaped by climate change? These riveting illustrations of future London give a glimpse. Read More

• Reaganomics 101

  The GOP changes its tune on cap-and-trade 6

  Posted 22 Oct 2010 1:12 PM By Daniel J. Weiss

  Opposition to cap-and-trade legislation to reduce global warming pollution is a common refrain among many Republican and a few Democratic officials this fall. But ironically enough, the three most recent Republican presidents promoted cap-and-trade, including Ronald Reagan. Officials who are criticizing it now are doing so for purely political purposes. Read More

• Core values

  New Apple store in Chicago means shiny new train station, but who will fix the rest of the system? 2

  Posted 22 Oct 2010 11:56 AM By Sarah Goodyear

  The company has paid $4 million to renovate a dilapidated CTA station near its newest store. That's just great. But what if you don't live near an Apple store? Read More

• very stimulating news

  A very impressive two weeks for the federal sustainability partnership 1

  Posted 22 Oct 2010 11:24 AM By Kaid Benfield

  In a breathtaking series of press conferences and releases along with the publication of a new report, the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities has announced an impressive amount of federal assistance to a wide array of sustainability projects across the country. Read More

• Scientific method

  How cities are good for science, and vice versa 2

  Posted 22 Oct 2010 7:31 AM By Sarah Goodyear

  The world's booming cities are a hotbed for scientific research. They also have big problems that only science can solve. Read More

• Feeding the beast

  Big Business pays U.S. Chamber to do its dirty work 2

  Posted 22 Oct 2010 7:17 AM By Randy Rieland

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has always been a bully for Big Business. But now it's on the attack with secret money. Plus, Gates kicks in against Prop 23, and Palin chirps up. Read More

• showing too much flesh

  Wearing Lady Gaga’s meat dress for Halloween—still a bad idea [VIDEO] 3

  Posted 21 Oct 2010 4:35 PM By Ashley Braun

  Lady Gaga can be an inspiration in some cases, but when it comes to Halloween costumes, it pays to listen to your mom's advice on this one and not show so much flesh. According to this news video, however, some people might go for it anyway. Read More

• Carbon pricing and technology R&D initiatives in a meaningful national climate policy 5

  Posted 21 Oct 2010 3:51 PM By Robert Stavins

• The Climate Post: Is Americans’ climate ignorance a tragedy or an opportunity?

  Posted 21 Oct 2010 2:43 PM By Christopher Mims

• New tool maps and grades ‘food deserts’ to lure supermarkets 2

  Posted 21 Oct 2010 2:19 PM By Bonnie Azab Powell

• Putting out the recycling could save your life

  Posted 21 Oct 2010 2:15 PM By Ashley Braun

• One-fifth of juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna killed by BP oil spill 1

  Posted 21 Oct 2010 1:55 PM By treehugger.com

• School salad bars, and the limits of relying on charity for what government should do 5

  Posted 21 Oct 2010 1:16 PM By Tom Philpott

• Scholastic steps into the Chamber of Hypocrisy 9

  Posted 21 Oct 2010 12:10 PM By Peter Altman

• A chat with Gene Karpinski, president of the League of Conservation Voters 1

  Posted 19 Oct 2010 2:52 PM By Grist

• Lolcats punk Teh Yes Menz punking Chevron 2

  Posted 21 Oct 2010 11:16 AM By Ashley Braun

• William Lind makes a conservative case for public transit (just not buses) 26

  Posted 21 Oct 2010 11:00 AM By Sarah Goodyear

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