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Meet the rogue birding group blocking wind energy at every turn

The American Bird Conservancy has repeatedly obstructed wind energy projects and become a go-to source for renewable energy opponents.
Source: grist.org

Overturning 'conventional wisdom' with 'natural experiments'

Via Reuters ... "Economists David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens won the 2021 Nobel economics prize on Monday for pioneering "natural experiments" to show real-world economic impacts in areas from minimum wage increases in the U.S. fast-food sector to migration from Castro-era Cuba." "One experiment...
Source: reuters.com

Who is the we in 'We are causing climate change'?

Everyone is not equally complicit here.
Source: grist.org