Archive: Apr 2012
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My Earth Day wish: A better human brain
For Earth Day, Treehugger asked several green types what one wish they had that might make the world a better place. David Roberts would change the human brain.
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8-year-old environmentalist raises $250 in 12 hours after friends’ parents call her ‘stupid’ for caring
Reddit is the internet in microcosm — it showcases a lot of gross boneheaded stuff, gives space and succor to every flavor of perversion and bigotry, and is simultaneously full of interesting information, funny quips, and the occasional moment of grace. This story is one of those. Last night, Redditor nervousbreakdown19 wrote that her conscientious […]
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Let’s replace Earth Day with Destroy the Earth Day
If you're like us, you're totally burned out on all the absurd, disingenuous ways that marketers are trying to connect their wares to Earth Day. Perhaps part of the problem is that no one really knows what they're talking about when they say they want to “save the Earth.”
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Surreal, weirdly beautiful photo of planetary destruction seen from space
Some things that look awful up close can look kind of beautiful from space. Like this enormous open-pit copper mine in northern Chile.
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Apple and Greenpeace trade blows in data-center grudge match
Apple and Greenpeace recently traded blows over how much clean power is used by one of Apple’s data centers. Calculating the energy use of the state-of-the-art center proves elusive.
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Obama may blow off the Earth Summit
World leaders will gather in June to discuss the future of the planet. Will the president be a no-show?
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287 coastal energy facilities at risk from sea-level rise
Sea levels are rising, which means that there’s a greater risk of floods that reach well over the high tide mark. By 2030, the risk that coastal floods will go four feet or more over high tide will have doubled, Climate Central reports. And in that zone lie 287 energy facilities — power plants, natural […]
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Critical List: Climate bill passes Mexico’s senate; Bill Clinton tells enviros to ‘chill out’
The Mexican Senate passed a climate change bill that’s all set to become law. Reuters reports it was “non-controversial.” No wonder Republicans are so set on keeping Mexican immigrants out of the country — they might bring in science. Bill Clinton has a message for sustainability advocates: “Chill out – sometimes this stuff takes years.” […]
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Poop dreams: A farmer on why we should care about manure
Waste not, want not: A chat with the author of the No. 1 book on the No. 2 business.