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Oak Park test drives a blackout-proof, solar-powered smart grid
Our infrastructure should be as smart as our phones, says Oak Park, Ill., Sustainability Manager K.C. Poulos.
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The Department of Energy wants to sell radioactive metal for scrap
The Department of Energy wants to sell 14,000 tons of radioactive scrap metal to manufacturers who will then make radioactive stuff out it. Seems like a poor use of recycling.
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We Must Lead It
In his inaugural address this week, President Obama committed us to get back to work on the challenge of a sustainable energy future. “We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,” he said. But will this reignite the debate on […]
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Why Greenland’s melting could be the biggest climate disaster of all
With the Greenland ice sheet melting faster than anyone predicted, glaciologist Jason Box is racing to find out just how soon we could be swamped.
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Good news: 15,000 crocodiles escaped certain death! Bad news: 15,000 crocodiles are on the loose!
A few thousand of the crocs have been recaptured, leaving only maybe 13,000 running around loose.
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Jon Stewart knows global warming is a hoax, and he knows who’s to blame
“Global warming is a total hoax. And Ill tell you how I know. Because it’s cold, today, where I live. That’s jus’ science.”
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Watch as this squirrel demonstrates proper OH GOD THERE’S A LEOPARD procedure
As a rule, you never, ever want to be the last one to realize the leopard's snuck up and is looking for something to eat.
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Do you think Obama will approve the Keystone pipeline? Take our poll
A decision on the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline is now expected in the spring. The State Department is reviewing it, but ultimately Obama will make the call.
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Watch this baby elephant get rescued from a well
A group of elephants strayed unusually close to a village in India, and one of the baby elephants fell into an unused well.
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There’s only one thing that matters for Obama’s legacy
The election is over, the inauguration is complete, and it is time, as President Obama said in his inaugural address, to "answer the call of history." That means taking bold action on climate change. As President Obama embarks on his second term, many are already discussing his legacy. Will he be the President who stood by while the climate crisis unfolded? Or will he be our generation’s Abraham Lincoln, rallying the nation to tackle the fundamental moral challenge of our time?
