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The Keystone Principle: Stop making it worse
This weekend's big protests against the tar-sands pipeline aren't just about stopping a single project -- they're a statement of principle.
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This company makes new bikes out of broken-down cars
The door handle becomes a seat clamp. The turn signal becomes a reflective light. The transmission belt becomes a bike chain.
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A meteor hit Russia this morning, and here’s what it looked like
A meteorite weighing an estimated 11 tons streaked through the atmosphere at 33,000 miles per hour, hitting Chelyabinsk, Russia, where it injured hundreds.
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Sanders and Boxer introduce ‘fee and dividend’ climate bill; greens tickled pink
Ambitious, long-shot climate legislation has activists cheering and climate deniers grousing.
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Tiny disabled goldfish in a tiny sling is totally killing us here
It's a video of a goldfish wearing a sort of harness/sling thing. Yes, it's very heartwarming.
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This restaurant fines customers who waste food
It’s harsh, but this policy is both eco-friendly and humanitarian.
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World’s most expensive Starbucks drink cost almost $48
You can't really call this coffee -- although it does have a heart-stopping amount of caffeine in it.
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Ambre Energy’s risky bet on US coal exports
It’s not a good time to be a coal industry executive in the US. Last year, wind power made up nearly half of all new installed electricity generation, and domestic coal use is on the decline year after year. With dimming prospects at home, companies are in a race to export US coal to foreign markets. Some of […]
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Warmest Decade on Record Brings Record Temperatures and Weather Extremes
By Janet Larsen In recent years weather events have whiplashed between the extremes of heat and cold, flooding and drought. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases—largely from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas—have loaded up in the atmosphere, heating the planet and pushing humanity onto a climatic seesaw of weather irregularities. High-temperature records […]
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Sea slug penises fall off after sex and then grow back
It's sort of like human fingernails -- you can cut a bit off and throw it away, but it'll grow back, and then you can use it to have sex with a slug.
