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Your last-minute guide to a sustainable Valentine’s Day
With Singles Appreciation Day just around the corner, you’re no doubt looking to Grist to guide you through it in the greenest way possible. Surveys indicate that over three-quarters of Americans find eco-mindedness an attractive quality in a partner, so if you’re ...
Chinese coral reefs drop 80 percent over 30 years
An Australian research team, working together with the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, found that coral reefs along mainland China and in the South China Sea have decreased by 80 percent over the last 30 years...
Obama to launch oceans initiative
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday is set to create a national stewardship policy for America's oceans and Great Lakes...
Joe the Plumber in bid to become Joe the Congressman
WASHINGTON — Joe the Plumber has tried his hand at a...
8-year-old environmentalist raises $250 in 12 hours after friends’ parents call...
Reddit is the internet in microcosm — it showcases a lot of gross...
McDonald’s faces lawsuit over toys in Happy Meals
LOS ANGELES — Weeks after a Silicon Valley...
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Obama Administration’s Strict EPA Fuel Standards
Court rules Obama administration can limit greenhouse gas emissions and set fuel efficiency standards Automakers are torn when it...
Google named ‘official social platform’ of the Republican National Convention
The US Republican and Democratic National Conventions may be primarily...
Americans split over whether Obama has taken on too much
WASHINGTON — Americans hold mixed views of President Barack Obama's...
Chipotle fires hundreds in Minnesota after immigration probe
MINNEAPOLIS — Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc...
NSA secretly cracked Internet encryptions
ProPublica, The New York Times and The Guardian have published a story on secret documents that demonstrate the NSA has hacked into computers and broken common encryptions to read multiples types of information online...
