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Less Lead Means Fewer Kids in Prison
Mother Jones
2 mentions — 21 hours ago
Less Lead Means Fewer Kids in PrisonBrad Plumer reports that the incarceration rate for youths has plummeted 32 percent over the past decade:Some of the drop has been driven by the general decline in crime and arrests across the country. But not all. Importantly, another chunk of the ...
We work on climate change every day
Grist
3 mentions — 22 hours ago
Everywhere I travel as secretary of state – in every meeting, here at home and across the more than 100,000 miles I’ve traveled since I raised my hand and took the oath to serve in this office – I raise the concern of climate change. I do so ...
Drone Pilots: "Overpaid, Underworked, and Bored"
Mother Jones
4 mentions — 2 days ago
Mike, an MQ-9 Reaper pilot, sips coffee on his 20-minute morning commute to Holloman Air Force Base outside Alamogordo, New Mexico. Mike's morning commute to the battlefield begins with his usual Egg McMuffin and black coffee from a McDonald's drive-through window in Alamogordo, New Mexico. After driving out ...
Hug life: Sometimes activists need to retreat, recharge, and embrace the "woo"
Grist
3 mentions — 2 days ago
Trying to change the world for the better — being an activist, social change agent, do-gooder, whatever you want to call it — can be exhausting and dispiriting, especially for young people launching into it full of energy and hope. What activists need most is … well, money.
Gagged by Big Ag
Mother Jones
9 mentions — 3 days ago
Shawn Lyons was dead to rights—and he knew it. More than a month had passed since People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had released a video of savage mistreatment at the MowMar Farms hog confinement facility where he worked as an entry-level herdsman in the breeding room.
Public Utilities and Sex and Murder has Energy Risks
The Energy Collective
2 mentions — 19 hours ago
Let’s start with the most exciting one; capital ratios for public utilities. A capital ratio is the proportion of debt to equity that the company holds. This ratio will affect the rate of return that a utility can collect each year, and therefore, what kinds of rates are ...
Fast food giants make their food look imperfect so you'll forget it's hella processed
Grist
2 mentions — 8 hours ago
Well THIS is creepy and insidious. Processed-crap peddlers McDonald’s, Kraft, and Dominos have realized eaters interpret perfect-looking food as artificial (you mean meat doesn’t naturally come packaged like Post-Its?), whereas slightly flawed or asymmetrical food reads as artisan and authentic. So what are they doing? Working harder to ...
US Military Set To Train Women for Elite Combat Roles by 2015
Mother Jones
4 mentions — 2 days ago
US Military Set To Train Women for Elite Combat Roles by 2015On Tuesday, the Pentagon is expected to announce that women will be allowed train for and potentially serve in elite combat positions in the US military, including the Army Rangers, Navy SEALs, and other special ops forces.
All-Time Heat Records Broken in . . . Alaska?!
Climate Central
12 mentions — 2 days ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
Are Fungus-Farming Ants the Key to Better Biofuel?
Mother Jones
5 mentions — 2 days ago
"If you have ants in your house," the great Harvard ecologist EO Wilson once said, "be kind to them." Keep this in mind the next time you want to flick one off the kitchen table: The tiny critters, which collectively weigh about as much as all of humanity,
Is Obama About to Get Serious on Climate Change?
Mother Jones
2 mentions — 14 hours ago
Is Obama About to Get Serious on Climate Change?Several people have suggested that President Obama will make climate change a key initiative of his second term. I've never really believed that, but today the New York Times reports that it might be for real:President Obama is preparing a ...
RIP Michael Hastings. Here's His Advice to Young Journalists.
Mother Jones
7 mentions — 1 day ago
RIP Michael Hastings. Here's His Advice to Young Journalists.Michael Hastings, a respected young journalist for Rolling Stone and BuzzFeed, was killed in a car accident in Los Angeles Tuesday, according to his boss, BuzzFeed Editor in Chief Ben Smith.Hastings, who was 33, was perhaps most famous for "The ...
Woody Harrelson’s New Wheat-based Paper Uses No Trees
triplepundit.com
3 mentions — 24 hours ago
Woody Harrelson is a well-known actor, seen in both TV and film in roles ranging from Woody the bartender in Cheers in the 80s, all the way to Haymitch Abernathy in last year’s Hunger Games, with many stops along the way, including two Academy Award nominations. He has ...
Cleaning Up Diesel Trucks and Cooking Stoves Could Reduce Climate Change | MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review
5 mentions — 2 days ago
Chinese congestion: The increasing number of cars in China means motor vehicles have become a significant source of air pollution and urban smog. Cutting our overall use of fossil fuels has proved a daunting challenge, but it might be possible to get some relief from the effects of ...
In Between Controversies Real and False, Obama Tackles the Biggest Issue Ever
Mother Jones
3 mentions — 17 hours ago
In Between Controversies Real and False, Obama Tackles the Biggest Issue EverThe news cycle can be a silly place. The Republicans in recent months have sucked up a lot of oxygen with a phony scandal (Benghazi) and a trumped-up scandal (the IRS's improper targeting of tea party groups ...
The Secret Message in This Rand Paul Pic
Mother Jones
4 mentions — 22 hours ago
The Secret Message in This Rand Paul PicThe New Republic's profile of Sen. Rand Paul is well worth a look—and so is the remarkable cover photograph, which captures the Kentucky lawmaker crossing his fingers:The amazing photo set off a round of accusations that the image had been Photoshopped ...
Darrell Issa Wins Yet Another Chutzpah Award
Mother Jones
3 mentions — 14 hours ago
Darrell Issa Wins Yet Another Chutzpah AwardRep. Darrell Issa says he is "deeply disappointed" that Rep. Elijah Cummings went ahead and released the full transcript of a House Oversight Committee interview with an IRS screening manager that Issa wanted to keep under wraps. Then this:His own previous release ...
NYC's official website explains why NYC's official compost plan can't possibly work
Grist
2 mentions — 11 hours ago
Psst, Mayor Bloomberg: You’re going to want to update your webpage on composting. Right now, New York City is rolling out a common sense composting plan, and every politician in sight is enthusiastically supportive. But the city’s own website hasn’t gotten the memo.Until recently city leaders were sadly ...
Republican Congressman Opposes Abortion Partially Because Male Fetuses Play With Their Genitals
Mother Jones
5 mentions — 2 days ago
Republican Congressman Opposes Abortion Partially Because Male Fetuses Play With Their GenitalsOn Monday night, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Tex.) contended that HR 1797—a bill the House is debating on Tuesday that would outlaw almost all abortions 20 weeks post fertilization—didn't go far enough. Burgess, an Ob/Gyn by trade and ...
NYC's official website explains why NYC's official compost plan can't possibly work
Grist
2 mentions — 15 hours ago
Psst, Mayor Bloomberg: You’re going to want to update your webpage on composting. Right now, New York City is rolling out a common sense composting plan, and every politician in sight is enthusiastically supportive. But the city’s own website hasn’t gotten the memo.Until recently city leaders were sadly ...
Gov. Rick Scott Deflowers Florida
Mother Jones
4 mentions — 2 days ago
Gov. Rick Scott Deflowers FloridaMembers of the Florida state legislature rarely agree on anything. It's unusual for a bill to get unanimous support from the body. But as it turns out, there is one thing that both Republicans and Democrats really love: wildflowers. Florida lawmakers in both houses ...
The Farmery is a radical vision of what farms and grocery stores can be
TreeHugger
5 mentions — 2 days ago
What if you could grow and sell food in the same place? What would that look like? That is the radical idea behind Ben Greene's innovative sustainable agriculture project, called The Farmery.When you consider how far food has to travel to get from the field it is grown ...
Look Out Below: Antarctic Melting From Underneath
Climate Central
6 mentions — 3 days ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
Michael_Hastings comments on IAm Michael Hastings, a reporter for BuzzFeed and a writer for Rolling Stone.
reddit.com
3 mentions — 2 days ago
1.) You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school. 2.) When interviewing for a job, tell the editor how you love to report. How your passion is gathering information. Do not mention how you want to be a writer, use the word "prose," or that deep down you have a sinking suspicion you are the next Norman Mailer.3.) Be prepared to do a lot of things for free. This sucks, and ...
The World Food Prize, Brought to You by Monsanto
Mother Jones
3 mentions — 12 hours ago
The World Food Prize, Brought to You by MonsantoToday Secretary of State John Kerry will announce the recipient of the quarter-million-dollar World Food Prize. Sometimes called "the Nobel Prize of food," the award has been handed out yearly since 1987 to "outstanding individuals who have made vital contributions ...
RED ON BLACK | Knee-jerk resort to coal ignores climate signs for quick energy fix
Knee-jerk resort to coal ignores climate signs fo...
2 mentions — 1 day ago
It’s good to start the week with a good dose of reality. But sometimes you don’t really know which reality we’re supposed to pay attention to.Anyone who watched Monday morning’s ANC show might have heard Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jericho Petilla talk about the power crisis in ...
The GOP Tries to Redefine Rape Exemptions—Again
Mother Jones
7 mentions — 2 days ago
The House debated and passed a bill on Tuesday that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks across the country. The bill, passed by a nearly party-line vote of 228 to 196, replicates laws passed in a dozen states in the past three years limiting the time period ...
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks Preparing More Disclosures
Mother Jones
3 mentions — 15 hours ago
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks Preparing More DisclosuresWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has spent the last year holed up inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London seeking asylum from Swedish and American authorities, held a press call today to discuss former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and the charges leveled against Bradley ...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry extends drought emergency in most of state
CNN.com
2 mentions — 21 hours ago
(CNN) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has renewed a drought emergency in more than 200 counties throughout the state, authorizing "all necessary measures" be implemented to aid response efforts."Prolonged dry conditions continue to increase the threat of wildfire across many portions of the state," the governor's proclamation said ...
World's poorest will feel brunt of climate change, warns World Bank
guardian.co.uk
4 mentions — 1 day ago
Droughts, floods, sea-level rises and fiercer storms likely to undermine progress in developing world and hit food supplyPakistan says the 2010 floods has affected about 20 million people, many of whom lost homes or livelihoods. Photograph: Warrick Page/Getty Images for UNMillions of people around the world are likely ...
Michael Hastings Dead at 33 | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
4 mentions — 2 days ago
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Michael Hastings, 'Rolling Stone' Contributor, Dead at 33The bold journalist died in a car accident in Los AngelesMichael Hastings, the fearless journalist whose reporting brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone has learned. He was 33.Hastings' ...
Electrofuels: Charged Microbes May "Poop Out" a Gasoline Alternative
news.nationalgeographic.com
2 mentions — 2 days ago
Derek Lovley, a microbiologist at the University of Massachusetts, led a U.S. government-supported project to make the gasoline substitute, butanol, from microbes in the laboratory.What if you could make biofuels without using plants? Or oil without extracting anything from the ground? That's been the goal of the U.S.
China begins carbon trading
Grist
3 mentions — 23 hours ago
On Tuesday, the nation’s first carbon-trading program was launched in Shenzhen. Under the small pilot project, 635 companies responsible for 38 percent of the city’s carbon pollution began trading emission allowances. The program is scheduled to be expanded to six other areas by next year and then to ...
All of a Sudden, There Aren’t Enough Electric Cars to Keep Up with Demand | TIME.com
TIME.com
7 mentions — 2 days ago
Electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf and Honda Fit EV used to languish on dealership lots for months. A pricing war with aggressive incentives and cheap lease deals has changed all that. Last year, Nissan sold about half the number of Leafs it had anticipated, marking two years ...
Illinois' New Fracking Regulations Might Not Be So Tough After All
Mother Jones
2 mentions — 18 hours ago
Illinois' New Fracking Regulations Might Not Be So Tough After AllMonday afternoon Illinois governor Pat Quinn signed what the Associated Press touted as the "nation's toughest fracking regulations," creating a framework to manage hydraulic fracturing, in which chemicals are piped into rock at high pressure to release stored-up ...
House Committee Conducts Lovefest With NSA Chief
Mother Jones
2 mentions — 2 days ago
House Committee Conducts Lovefest With NSA ChiefThe House Intelligence Committee held a hearing today about the NSA's covert surveillance programs, and to demonstrate just how tough-minded they planned to be, here's what they called it:Fair and balanced! NSA's director testified that domestic surveillance had helped prevent over 50 ...