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This fracking protest is more like Bonnaroo than Occupy
Who wouldn't want to get down to Britney Spears' "Toxic" at a fracking protest?
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The Anthropocene is here, whether geologists make it official or not
Humans rule the world, for worse or for worse.
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So long, Soylent. World remembers that eating rules
Its popularity may be waning as folks try to offload the stuff on Craigslist. No powdery tears were cried for the bland meal replacement.
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We don’t, and can’t, know how much it will cost to tackle climate change
Report after report claims to tell us how much climate action will cost this century. But no matter how much faux specificity our climate economic models produce, the fact is that we cannot know.
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Serious about saving the bees? Time to rethink agriculture
It's not as easy as banning pesticides and boosting honeybees. We need to make our farms function more like wild ecosystems.
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Lost Louisiana: The race to reclaim vanished land back from the sea
The world’s fastest submerging state is looking to nature in an ambitious plan to turn back the tide, and to BP to fund it -- but will it work?
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Why clean energy might be cheaper than you think
A new report written for the European Commission says cleaner power is cheaper power when all costs are considered.
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California is No. 1 in prepping for climate change
According to a nifty new tool, California is out front with climate adaptation. Where you at, New York?
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Hello humans, I’d like to tell you about plant blood
Scientists are now producing "blood" from plants and using it to liven up veggie burgers. A member of one deeply affected community weighs in.
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This killer app will change the way we eat forever
In startup-land, Carrot is all the rage. To understand why, you'll have to learn what "organoleptic" means.