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William Cox This PSA is hilarious.

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When did clean become so dirty? You deserve to know what chemicals are in your "cleaners." support the Household Product Labeling Acts at http://www.peopleagainstdirty.com
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Grist.org To allay your fears that crazies on the internet have "proven" global warming is a hoax, read our round-up of the (in)sanity around the CRU email hack.

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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
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Grist.org We nail down the selfish reasons to care about climate change and the upcoming global treaty talks in Copenhagen. From the Grist staff: "We’re a bunch of (fairly) normal people, with pets and kids and money woes and Twitter obsessions—but we all think this is big."

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So you're not moved by melting glaciers? Here are a few other reasons to pay attention to climate change, from supermodels to super-hungry rats.
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Grist.org Wondering what the deal is with "Copenhagen this" and "climate talks that"? Grist has all the background info, interactive features, and latest developments on it that you'll need to sound like you know what you're talking about this holiday season.

We'll be keeping you updated on the eternal climate treaty question: How føcked are we?

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Copenhagen: COP-15 is the most important climate change/global warming conference ev-ah. Grist and Eugene Mirman are there with complete coverage.
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Shaw Thacher  RT Ken Ward / Grist.org - classic vlassic

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The greatest oil ad of all time, from 1962.
Fri at 8:58am
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Grist.org Looking for a way to make an impact at the Copenhagen climate talks? Enter Huffington Post Green's Hopenhagen Ambassador contest and become a climate citizen journalist!

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Most people don't know it, but the fate of the world is at stake this December. The UN is holding a Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark where the world's leaders will decide whether there ...
Patricia
Patricia
great idea!
Thu at 6:47pm
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Grist.org DON'T MISS: In the form of a 1962 oil ad, David Roberts points to the Instance of Most Ironic Truth in Advertising Ever. That's right, EVER.

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The greatest oil ad of all time, from 1962.
Heli Koppel Benson
Thu at 11:17am
Carol
Carol
Yikes!
Fri at 10:26pm
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Grist.org False alarm! Copenhagen climat talks ain't over before they begin. Here's why:

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There's a chance that, with luck and skill, a climate-saving deal can be reached at the Copenhagen climate talks. And while far from ideal, the hope that a deal is still salvageable is a lot better than the doom that was so widely pronounced at the start of the week.
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Grist.org Lookie here who's on Facebook: the U.S. Dept. of State's Climate Conference page. Give 'em a look-see.

Marshall Massey
Marshall Massey
Thanks for the tip!
November 18 at 3:36pm
Lisa Alexander

Lisa Alexander Been subscribing to your online newsletter for a long time...glad I finally have you on my facebook too...

November 18 at 9:09am · Report
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Welcome to Grist's wild, wild world on social networks!
November 18 at 10:20am
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Grist.org Will you pledge to have at least one locally grown food on your Thanksgiving table? Sign the petition to show your support, and eat your words next week!

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Jasmine Zhang
Jasmine Zhang
Well, I wouldn't say that necessarily. Domestic animals exist largely because of us and if they're part of a balanced system it can make environmental sense to be raising them for meat. Ethical issues are a separate matter. But anyway, yay local! :)
5 hours ago
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Grist.org The next wave of farming doesn't have to do with big tractors or genetic engineers ... it's the new crop of urban farmers growing hope (and tasties) in small and unexpected places.

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In Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting, author R. J. Ruppenthal makes sense of this seemingly counter-intuitive idea -- that farming has to be done outside, with a red barn and rolling fields of wheat. ...
Jan
Jan
From the garden to your table to the...
November 17 at 1:12pm
Mary Krane Derr
Mary Krane Derr
i live in a big city apartment & use some of these methods--they work
November 17 at 5:59pm
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Grist.org Whew...news on whether the global climate talks are dead or not keeps changing so quickly it's making our heads spin. And our tales.

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Is a "politically binding" climate treaty really the best we can hope for out of Copenhagen? Is it over before it's begun? Despite what you may have read in the U.S. media, the answer is "No."
Jerri
Jerri
I'm terribly disappointed. Not sure where we go from here... but the future looks bleak.
November 17 at 11:18am
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Here's another great story looking at what a "legally binding" climate treaty even means: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/2009/11/a_couple_of_weeks_ago.html
November 17 at 12:06pm
Raymond Needham
Raymond Needham
I'm hoping we at least get on base even if we don't hit a home run this time around....
November 17 at 3:23pm
Nora Kravec

Nora Kravec Global Warming Guy
Produced and presented by the Coastal
Conservation League, Global Warming Guy is a lighthearted look at the
serious issue of global climate change.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SiEm2akhrc

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http://www.globalwarmingguy.com Produced and presented by the Coastal Conservation League, Global Warming Guy is a lighthearted look at the serious issue of global climate change. We hope that online viewership ...