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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Dec 8 2009
Stephen Colbert and friends explain the ins and outs of climate change and Copenhagen. Sort of. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Dec 2 2009
Food waste and hunger are two serious problems that just seem intuitively reconcilable--and this video drives the point home. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 24 2009
Introducing the best way to take a quick look into both health care bills. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Food & Health Nov 19 2009
A new report reveals that the British throw out billions of dollars worth of food--here's how we can avoid a similar fate. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 18 2009
Of all the charges leveled at plastics: the health risks, the waste creation, the resource-intensive production--this one is definitely the strangest. New research suggests that if women pregnant with boys are exposed to certain plastics, it will alter the brains of their unborn children. And make them girlier. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 16 2009
The search for the next national nuclear waste depository is on--and coming to South Carolina? + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 13 2009
The man whose work is most cited by climate change deniers is actually a staunch climate action proponent. Huh? + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 12 2009
Finally, the energy reform bill, which is currently being debated in the Senate, is getting its due--a TV ad campaign. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Food & Health Nov 11 2009
A frightening new report reveals that ordinary school cleaning products contain 457 potentially asthma and cancer causing chemicals. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 6 2009
The trend is already moving towards watching our media online--many of us watch TV, viral videos, and movies right on our computers. I have a TV, but I don't even subscribe to cable, and my DVD player is broken. The internet, it turns out, provides access to all the movies I could ever hope to see + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 6 2009
You'll never guess which city is the most toxic--or which is the cleanest. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Nov 5 2009
It's simultaneously one of the most adorable and most astonishing things you're likely to see today: measuring just 1/8th of an inch by 1/4th of an inch, I present to you the world's smallest working train. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 5 2009
Viral videos make the internet go round. Well known fact. Charlie biting fingers, bands on treadmills, dancing babies, Chris Brown infused weddings, and so on. The biggest viral videos are as much a part of culture as any hit TV show. And yes, there are green ones. Here are the 10 best. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 2 2009
Deforestation of tropical areas is not only one of the leading causes of climate change, it's constantly putting millions of animals at risk by demolishing their habitats. And guess who's the biggest buyer of rainforest wood in the United States? + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 29 2009
I know it seems a tad early for a Christmas article, but the following revelation has implications that go way beyond the world's prime shopping season: around 80% of all toys are made in heavily polluting Chinese factories. By young children. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 29 2009
Supermodels strip down to the natural state of things + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 22 2009
it's now illegal to throw away food scraps in San Francisco--and failing to recycle can hit you with a $500 fine. When the news first surfaced that the law had passed, many were worried. But instead of lamenting how the city government is taking over its freedoms, San Franciscans have embraced the new laws--and they're keeping more junk out of the landfill than ever. Here's how you can too. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Oct 22 2009
The DoGooder keeps all those Snorg Tee and credit score ads out of your face, and earns money for green charities while it does so. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 20 2009
The countdown to Copenhagen has begun--the talks that could lead to a global agreement on how to fight climate change are almost here. The question is, what can each of us do to get involved? What can one person do to help the world agree to turn back the tides of climate change? Plenty. Here are the 7 best ways you can help. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Oct 20 2009
Here are the greenest cars on the road this--and next--year. And then there's the 10 worst gas guzzlers . . . + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 19 2009
Since the world has failed to make serious cuts in the amount of greenhouse gases it emits over the last decades, and has instead seen the amount skyrocket, scientists reported that we've just had the second hottest September ever on record. Ever. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 19 2009
By reaching across the aisle to help pass US energy reform, Graham has breathed new life into the climate bill--but at what cost? + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 16 2009
In 1970s, most states had around the same per capita energy consumption. Then, in 1978, one state passed a law enforcing energy efficiency codes. Since then, all the other states--all 49 of them--saw their energy consumption skyrocket, sometimes as much as doubling. One did not. Why? + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 16 2009
There are few better arguments for living near a park or some other green space than the fact that it literally helps prevent you from going insane. Seem crazy? It's anything but--there's now scientific evidence that keeping some greenery in the vicinity is good for your mental health. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 16 2009
Does cap and trade just give polluters an excuse to keeping doing it? + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 13 2009
The climate bill is going to usher in a new era of innovation and technology. So don't you want to be in on the conversation being had by those who are going to be doing all the ushering? + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 12 2009
Have any bright ideas on how to solve the world's most pressing problems?The only catch is that the piece must be interactive--perhaps to better engage those that who come across the work--and they must follow these following guidelines (from CGS): The stories or games have options which can lead to different outcomes... + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 12 2009
To bring attention to the growing urgency of climate change, one group is going to extreme measures. They plan on spurring 10,000 protesters--who are all willing to get arrested--into action, in order to put pressure on world leaders to pass a strong global climate treaty. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 9 2009
23 cents a day. That's what it would cost to begin to transform America into a global leader in innovation. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 8 2009
Putting a small tax on soda could not only raise billions of dollars for cities and states, but it would lower the rates of obesity and diabetes across the country, too. Find out exactly how much a soda tax could bring in for your city or state. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 7 2009
The US Chamber of Commerce is the largest not-for-profit business organization in the world. It represents over 3 million companies. It's arguably the most powerful lobbying group in the nation. And it's doing every thing it can to stop climate legislation. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 6 2009
The world may change forever in Copenhagen this December. Here's a handy timeline of what to expect before it does, and all the events will shape the next global climate treaty. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 5 2009
If you eat candy every day as a child, you're 69% more likely to become a violent criminal. That's the stunning revelation from a recent study done by a leading university--here's what why it happens. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 2 2009
You may have heard some noise being made about the Wal-Mart Sustainability Index--it's an initiative that will eventually rank every product on the retail giants' shelves so every customer will know exactly how green it is. So how is this going to affect shoppers? And does it mean you can feel good about heading to WalMart again? + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 2 2009
John Kerry may forever be best known as the 'elite liberal' who failed to dethrone Bush in 2004, and whispers of 'botox' and 'swift boat' may forever lurk around his persona. But he's hands down one of the best proponents for climate action in Congress, and one of the most effective. This is why should listen when he talks about climate change. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 1 2009
A quick, easy-to-read rundown on everything you need to know about the Senate climate bill. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 1 2009
Okay, I know--there are a lot of things that can make you fat. Fast food can make you fat. Lack of exercise can make you fat. Plastic is making us fat. But here's one thing that makes you fat you might not consider as often: your car. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Sep 30 2009
Why are we so obsessed with the super soft toilet paper that's deadly to the world's most important forests? + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Sep 28 2009
If you live in certain places around the country, you might have noticed that some of your summer was a tad cooler than usual. In fact, some cities indeed registered colder temperatures than average. Now, if you're a climate change skeptic, you might figure you've just borne witness to some ironclad proof that global warming is a sham. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Sep 25 2009
Yesterday at the Clinton Global Initiative, Usher and Phillipe Cousteau announced that they were forming a partnership to help educate youth about water issues--specifically, the aim is to empower students to help restore and protect the world's water. I attended the press conference where the new partners discussed their aims. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Sep 18 2009
Carbon offsets are a CROC. Watch this video and find out why. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Sep 17 2009
Ever wanted to get up close and personal with the ultra rare mountain gorillas in Uganda? Of course you did. Here's a brand new innovative way you can track them online. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Sep 17 2009
See a video showing some of the most stunning pictures of climate change you'll ever see. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Sep 17 2009
The radiation that cell phones emit has been a topic of intense debate over the last couple years, and a cause for alarm for many. If you're among the concerned (and why shouldn't you be?) there's an easy way to find out exactly how much radiation the cell phone you own gives off--and whether you should be worried. + READ MORE
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By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Sep 15 2009
It's no secret that the climate bill is a controversial topic in the Senate--some senators have vowed that it will pass, at least one has "guaranteed" that it will fail, many have been reluctant to declare a side, and all of them know it's crucial legislation.More on the Climate Bill: Economic Benefits of Climate Bill... + READ MORE
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