Biggest Environmental News of the Year

Grist runs down the ten most important environmental news stories of the year.

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December 21, 2010, 11:00 AM PST

Topics include the death of the climate bill and a massive wind power project.

"A ginormous wind-power-and-transmission project has started taking shape (figuratively so far) off the East Coast of the U.S., backed by piles of cash from Google and other bullish investors. The Atlantic Wind Connection will stretch 350 miles from northern New Jersey to northern Virginia; if all goes well, the first phase will be up and running by 2016."

FULL STORY: Top 10 green stories of 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010 in Grist

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