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- Shipping containers of Li-ion batteries in the power grid http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/hold-that-megawatt 21 comments
- Banking on fuel-sweating flora http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/banking-on-fuel-sweating-flora/?ref=business 2 comments
- The response to a study showing climate change skeptics tend to believe conspiracy theories? A conspiracy theory. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/unlocking-the-conspiracy-mindset/?hp 5 comments science
- U.S. GAO Study Slams Nuclear Waste Practices at Hanford http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/study-slams-nuclear-waste-practices-at-hanford/ 3 comments science
- An engineer from India spent four decades perfecting a factory that accepts trash to create electricity. But, he went to Malaysia after finding that the system was stacked against him http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/why-indias-waste-to-energy-industry-wont-catch-fire/ 26 comments india
- "To date, the discolored snow has not been tested." Discolored slopes mar debut of snowmaking effort [from sewage effluent], NYT http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/discolored-slopes-mar-debut-of-snow-making-effort/ 72 comments science
- Mexico City has emerged as an aspiring environmental model citizen in recent years as the left-leaning local government has introduced everything from barter markets for recyclables to bicycle-sharing arrangements to zero emissions bus corridors.. And the air is cleaner. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/in-its-clean-air-marathon-mexsicko-city-turns-a-corner/ 752 comments worldnews
- Hands Off, Oil Industry threatens US Government http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/hands-off-oil-industry-warns-government/ 5 comments politics
- Susan Rice Has Stake in Keystone Pipeline http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/stake-in-keystone-pipeline-is-potential-conflict-for-susan-rice/?hp 22 comments politics
- Scientists Concerned that Making Artificial Snow from Wastewater Could Breed Super-Bacteria in Northern Arizona http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/do-not-publish-on-the-slopes-gliding-on-wastewater/ 17 comments science
- Ancient Civilization Collapsed due to Climate Change http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/an-ancient-civilization-upended-by-climate-change/ 65 comments worldnews
- Has Plant Life Reached Its Limits?: Study suggest overall plant productivity on earth may be close to reaching a "planetary boundary" which could inhibit future population growth http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/has-plant-life-reached-its-limits/ 34 comments science
- Report assails palm oil project in Cameroon as a land grab - "The area to be developed, which is about eight times the size of Manhattan, is a hot spot of biodiversity, and the 99-year land lease is of questionable legal status" http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/report-assails-palm-oil-project-in-cameroon/ 16 comments worldnews
- M13 virus could be used to charge cell phones http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/a-virus-that-helps-charge-your-cellphone/?src=recg 13 comments science
- Parasites Can Be Good for You (Seriously) http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/parasites-can-be-good-for-you-seriously/ 4 comments science
- Radiation in small doses could actually be disproportionately worse. Doses spread out over time might be more dangerous than doses given all at once” http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/the-low-level-radiation-puzzle/ 6 comments science
- Sipping From the Garden Hose? Think Again. - NYTimes.com http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/sipping-from-the-garden-hose-think-again/ 7 comments science
- Congress will help set up indoor plumbing for Navajo & Hopi tribes, if they give up their water rights http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/a-difficult-choice-on-water/?ref=earth 11 comments politics
- U.S. Is Too Reliant on Oil for Transportation http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/transportation-fuel-challenge-dogs-the-u-s/ 3 comments politics
- No progress being made on rhino poaching front http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/an-epidemic-of-rhino-poaching/ 2 comments worldnews
- GOP congressman suggests clear-cutting the rainforest as a way to prevent climate change. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/republicans-climate-solution-clearcut-the-rain-forest/ 8 comments politics
- Less than 50 Years of Oil Left, HSBC Warns http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/less-than-50-years-of-oil-left-hsbc-warns/?ref=business 5 comments worldnews
- Japan: So where are the damn robots? They can play soccer, but can't drag a fire hose to a pool of "spent" fuel rods? [This is with sympathy, hopes of speedy containment, and some amount of confusion.] http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/on-our-radar-no-robots-deployed-in-nuclear-crisis/ 11 comments technology
- Q+A @ NYTimes.com: "Why is the media giving such hysteric coverage to an issue which at its absolute worst might cause some people to relocate away from the immediate vicinity of the power station… all while there are tens of thousands dead and dying from the effects of the tsunami...?" http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/q-and-a-on-the-nuclear-crisis-in-japan/?hp 7 comments worldnews
- Rep. Waxman angrily assails ‘science deniers’: “I have never been in a Congress where there was such an overwhelming disconnect between science and policy. The Republicans in Congress have become the party of science deniers, and that is profoundly dangerous.” http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/waxman-angrily-assails-g-o-p-science-deniers/ 5 comments politics
- Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana hindered spill cleanup. Accused of holding press conferences berating Feds from a oily spot of marsh, but refusing to tell Coast Guard where it was so they could clean it up. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/spill-report-accuses-jindal-of-showboating 8 comments politics
- EPA makes voluntary request to 9 companies for information on what chemicals they use for natural gas fracking. All but one agree. Guess who? Haliburton says that the request is unreasonable. They are now subpoenaed. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/e-p-a-subpoenas-halliburton-on-fracking/ 24 comments politics
- Dear Mr. Boehner, cows fart METHANE, not "carbon dioxide". And CO2 isn't a problem for the environment because it's a "carcinogen." Your ignorance is embarrassing to ranchers, scientists, America, and the world. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/boehner-calling-carbon-dioxide-dangerous-is-almost-comical/ 748 comments reddit.com
- The latest from our new House leader, Boehner: Calling Carbon Dioxide Dangerous Is ‘Almost Comical’ http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/boehner-calling-carbon-dioxide-dangerous-is-almost-comical/ 10 comments politics
- Schwarzenegger Slams Climate Law Repeal. "Do you really believe the black hearts of oil are concerned about jobs?" http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/on-our-radar-schwarzenegger-slams-climate-law-repeal/ 11 comments politics
- Oil, the Loop Current and the Atlantic -- A computer modeling study suggests that the oil spill has the potential to travel up the Atlantic coast. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/oil-the-loop-current-and-the-atlantic/?src=twr 3 comments science
- Since Exxon Valdez spill, Kevin Costner and his scientist brother have been developing an oil separation machine http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/if-you-build-it/?dbk 5 comments science
- The containment dome that was lowered over the leak in the gulf has failed. So much for that. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/problem-for-containment-dome-in-gulf/ 11 comments reddit.com
- An organism that sweats fuel http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/banking-on-fuel-sweating-flora/ 68 comments science