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Here is a turtle that pees through its mouth
Suddenly being a turtle doesn't sound all that great.
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Norway to double carbon tax on oil industry, use money to help world
Norway is raising its carbon tax and setting up a $1.6 billion fund to help developing countries cope with climate change. Only in Scandinavia!
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Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking
The vice presidential debate revealed nothing about energy or climate, but lots about the twisted priorities of Beltway conventional wisdom.
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Giant weird eyeball found on Florida beach
A giant eyeball was found on a beach in Florida. It is so giant and so weird they don't know what creature it belongs to. But they'll find out eventually.
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Uniting Against Coal Exports in the Pacific Northwest
A coal train in the Pacific Northwest. Photo by Paul K. Anderson. There’s been a lot of buzz about coal exports lately, but if I was a betting woman, I’d say the smart money is on these coal industry pipe dreams never becoming a reality. That’s because local communities that would receive the brunt of […]
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Best (or worst?) bike thief ever returns stolen bike with money for a new lock
With the ten dollars, plus some additional funds, the bike owner bought a U-lock.
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Growing up, growing food: A teenage farmer to watch
At 16, Sophia Vartanian is planning gardens, connecting young farmers, and getting ready to give a TED talk. What have you done recently?
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In VP debate, Ryan complains of ‘green pork’ and fact-checkers swat him down
Paul Ryan got his facts wrong during an exchange on clean-energy stimulus funding at the vice presidential debate.
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Nearby ‘super-Earth’ planet is made of diamonds
Exoplanet 55 Cancri e is too hot to live on, but other than that it's the sweetest planet ever. It's eight times the mass of Earth and at least a third of that is diamond.
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Hungry guy tries to set squirrel on fire, ends up torching apartment building
Guy tries to cook squirrel with propane torch; squirrel lights his whole building on fire. Seems more than fair.
