 |   Happy retirement Coal utilities are trying to scare Congress into thinking that if EPA follows up with its planned regulations, electricity rates will soar and there will be reliability problems in the electricity grid. Is it true? According to a comprehensive new analysis, no. David Roberts explains.
 The GINK Chronicles "The media fetishizes celebrity motherhood to the extent that it's practically become pornography," writes Kiri Blakeley in Forbes. This paints an outlandishly unrealistic portrait of motherhood, and adds to the pressure on all women to have kids. Read more from Lisa Hymas.
 Rotten egg The man behind the company responsible for the vast egg recall has a record of environmental and human-rights abuses dating to the '90s. Tom Philpott explains.
 drunk with power Scottish scientists have been thinking a lot about drinking and driving. And what they've discovered will knock you off your feet.
 Power play at city hall When cities are struggling to keep cops on the street and teachers in the classroom, giant solar arrays or towering wind turbines might not be the most attractive line items in the budget. But several cities around the country are finding ways to get smart about energy, at the same time saving money and pumping up their eco cred. Read more.
 Friday Flashback What a week. While scientists testifying on Capitol Hill trashed the government's estimates on how much oil lingers in the Gulf, sound-sensitive munchers everywhere trashed the new compostable Sun Chips bag because it's louder than a New York subway train. Really. But here's some under-the-radar items that will provide even more snappy repartee fodder for your weekend social soirees. Find out more.
 sew you think you can dance in that? The world would be better off if we could all take a stitch in nine like Marisa Lynch, whose thrifting, diy-ing, and blogging is saving the world from the fugliest dresses -- and setting a fashionable example for greener living. Read more.
 Waste not, want not First, came the chicken poo-powered fuel cell. Now a Southern California water district plans to convert its wastewater treatment plants to run on -- you guessed it -- people poo. Read more.
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