Surprising new study shows deadly feedback loop of soil warming

Unexpectedly high carbon emissions from warming soil highlight the benefits of land restoration.

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The New York Times’s Green Inc. Has a New Name and Mission

Image: NYT A few months after the Wall Street Journal shut down its green blog, Environmental Capital , the New York Times forging ahead in the opposite direction by broadening the coverage of its green blog. To highlight the change in mission, Green Inc. will now be known as simply Green (not exactly a standout name, but we’ll probably refer to it as NYT Green or something like that)

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How Do You Get Natural Light Deep Into a Loft?

A reader writes: I have a loft with a southern exposure and only 2 1/2 windows, it is a long space extending back from the windows and the area farthest away can get quite dark, especially if the sun isn’t shining.

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Saving Civilization is Not a Spectator Sport

Image credit: tuppus /Flickr Given the enormous environmental and social challenges faced by our early twenty-first century global civilization, one of the questions I hear most frequently is, What can I do? People often expect me to talk about lifestyle changes, recycling newspapers, or changing light bulbs.

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Urban Forest Map: Wikipedia + Google maps, but for Trees

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Straight Up Tackles Climate in the Blog Era: Book Review

Most serious climate watchers already know the name Joe Romm pretty well. A physicist, author, and a top Dept. of Energy official during the Clinton Administration, Romm now runs Climate Progress , a must-read for followers of green politics and climate science

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Billlionaire David Koch: 25 Years of Disinformation Campaigns and Polluter Front Groups?

Photo via Forbes News broke earlier this week that the privately owned, multi-billion dollar Koch Industries has outspent even ExxonMobil on climate and clean energy disinformation campaigns–over the last ten years or so, the company spent nearly $50 million.

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Billlionaire David Koch: 25 Years of Disinformation Campaigns and Polluter Front Groups?

100 Santas Made From 1,000 Tons of Sand in Indian Climate Protest

Photo via the BBC World renowned Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik is already well known for his work with Santa Claus–last year, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records for creating the largest ever ‘sand Santa’. This year, he’s using his talent and bolstered profile to highlight the growing challenges climate change is bringing to India –and to do so, he built over 100 Santas out of 1,000 tons of sand in the tourist town of Puri

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Where Does IT Fit in IBM’s Top Green Innovations?

The technologies that made IBM’s list of its top five green innovations in the past year — and what didn’t make that list — highlight the shift that Big Blue is making toward the green.

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Where Does IT Fit in IBM’s Top Green Innovations?