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WATCH: Happy Birthday Clean Water Act!
On October 18th, 1972, the Clean Water Act was passed by Congress on an overwhelming bipartisan vote. Now, forty years later, our rivers, lakes and bays are in far better condition and nobody is yearning for the days when the Cuyahoga River repeatedly caught on fire and Lake Erie was pronounced “dead.” Yet, it’s hard […]
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Female komodo dragons live half as long as males because they do so much frickin’ housework
Female komodo dragons live half as long as males. This is because they exhaust themselves raising children, which, if they are female, can in turn exhaust themselves and die young.
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Moss-covered keyboard lets you commune with nature while you work
It's a keyboard made out of moss and wood. It wasn't on our Christmas list, but it's cool. And maybe if we worked on it we'd actually feel like we were outside?
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Koch’ed up: Petcoke’s political pollution
If there is a statistical correlation between dirty oil and dirty politics, we have yet to fully quantify it – but you can add this to the growing pile of anecdotal evidence that the dirtiest political players are responsible for some of the dirtiest energy on the planet. William Koch – the “other” Koch brother […]
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My TEDx talk on climate, pimped out
David Roberts' TEDx talk on climate has gotten a boost from some added imagery and music. It makes an amazing difference.
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25 species of primate are on the brink of extinction
The future doesn't look so bright for our primate brethren. But conservation efforts are helping at least some species hang on.
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By the Numbers – Data Highlights from Full Planet, Empty Plates
More than 150 data sets accompany Lester R. Brown’s latest book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity. These tables and graphs help to explain the precarious situation in which humanity finds itself, as the world leaves an era of food surpluses and enters one of food scarcity. Here are some highlights […]
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11 bacon recipes that will kill you (and why you will eat them anyway)
Bacon is amazing. It is especially amazing when paired with other things. Like beef. And cheese. And pizza. And more bacon.
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Meet Moses, the orphaned baby elephant raised by a human mom
Moses is 7 months old, 220 pounds, and needs 24-hour care and a bottle feeding every two hours during the night. His human mom, Jenny Webb, is up for all of it.
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Moment of truth: Is the ‘food movement’ for real — or just talk?
With the vote on California's GMO labeling measure only three weeks away, the so-called "good food movement" finds itself at an important crossroads.
