Blue Marble II: NASA has released a sequel to the famous "Blue Marble" photo, taken aboard Apollo 17 in 1972. The space agency describes the new picture, which is a composite of images captured on January 4, 2012, as "the most amazing high definition image of Earth." As did its predecessor, the photo puts it all in perspective. NASA

YIMBY: Meet the New Mexico town that is saying, "Yes in our backyard" to nuclear waste. Forbes

Does God care about climate change? To find out, journalist James West goes to Queens, New York to ask five religious leaders. Climate Desk

This Old House: Thinking of building that new green home of your dreams? Forget it. A new study by the Preservation Green Lab finds that in almost every case, fixing up an old house is greener than building new. Grist

The long and winding road: After all the hype over electric vehicle launches last year, why is it still so rare to see a plug-in hybrid or EV on the road? Car guy Jim Motavalli explains how the market may be doing better than it appears. Yale Environment 360

Power shift: For the first time in India, solar power is cheaper than diesel, leading lots of companies to trade in their generators for photovoltaics. Bloomberg

Free the scientists! It's gotten to this point: Climate scientists have established a legal defense fund. New York Times

Old growth wetlands: Older, intact wetlands are found to be better -- more biodiverse and able to store more carbon -- than restored wetlands. Mother Jones

As go the mackerel: Free-for-all fishing in the South Pacific has pushed mackerel populations to the brink of collapse. Scientists worry that other fish species are on the same path. New York Times

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