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Carpooling bird hitches a ride on a moving vehicle
I always assumed that the reason normal, non-rich-people cars don’t have hood ornaments is that a) tiny car sculptures are not for plebeians and b) Bart Simpson might steal them. But it turns out there’s another reason: Without a hood ornament, you have more room for birds.
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Life-Saving Cross-State Air Pollution Protections in Jeopardy After Court Ruling
Today, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution protection (PDF), which sought to protect Americans from dangerous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. The protection would have reduced life-threatening soot and smog pollution from power plants in 28 states and helped curb poor air quality days and respiratory illnesses […]
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Coal train derails in Maryland, killing two
The derailment occurred just west of Baltimore.
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Todd Akin is a moron on climate change too
Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate in Missouri, is not only fundamentally deluded about the basic facts of women's reproductive systems. He's also fundamentally deluded about the basic facts of climate change.
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Here is an otter that is smarter than Todd Akin
Like Rep. Todd Akin, Nellie the sea otter does not understand how human reproduction works. But she’s never said anything offensive about rape, plus she can stack three cups! She should probably run for Congress.
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Phase-Out of the Federal Wind Tax Credit a Good Thing?
Energy and Environment News has a very long story on a new angle for the federal wind tax credit debate: a phaseout. This article raises several issues, apart from that policy strategy, that are worth a quick discussion. 1. Why Would Wind Compete with Natural Gas? The article waxes long about the trials of the […]
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2012 may not end up being the hottest year ever — just close
The world is hot, getting hotter, and generally getting hotter faster. But not uniformly, so that's good anyway.
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What did you do this weekend? Curiosity took pictures of itself and blew up a rock
It’s been a big weekend for the Curiosity rover. First, it took a new Facebook profile pic (with flattering shot-from-above camera angle, but thankfully free of duck lips). Actually, Curiosity shot this selfie on Aug. 7, but it was just released on Saturday. And somehow it’s even cooler, at least to me, than shots of […]
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Excuse me but this butterfly can see with its butt
Animals get all the cool accoutrements — tails, wings, prehensile penises — and humans all know which one they’re most jealous of. If you want proof, ask any elementary schooler, most stoned college kids, and certain tags on Tumblr. But the one creature I’ll bet no human has ever, ever envied is the Japanese swallowtail […]
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The Midwest gets some rain, as the Mississippi keeps emptying
Rain is bringing relief from the drought, at a pace that will have us back to normal by early 2014.
