The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of the Planet

As cheap solar panels come in from China it is important to ask whether it is more important to be ‘green’ or ‘red, white, and blue’. [npr.org]

Many people have opinions on genetically modified vegetables and foods, but what about when it comes to liquors. Is it worth it for a distilled liquor to be organic?[grist.com]

How many parking spaces do we really need? We need to change the way we think about parking in the US. [nytimes.com]

The story of the Catalina Fox, near extinction a decade ago it is now thriving thanks to rehabilitation efforts. [latimes.com]