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Even fish are getting skin cancer now
For the pale-skinned among us, the ocean is one of the most dangerous places to be. There’s no place to hide from the sun, and the water is so frickin’ reflective that even if that SPF 45 sunblock weren’t being washed off by waves and spray, it wouldn’t do much good anyway. But for the […]
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Plenty of work for pundits: U.S. adds jobs in July, but unemployment goes up
The country adds 163,000 new jobs, but the unemployment rate rises from 8.2 to 8.3 percent. Now everyone has something to argue about!
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How did somebody steal half a million bees?
A beekeeper near Vancouver has reported the loss of 8,000 pounds of honey and 500,000 bees from one of his apiaries. Why would someone steal half a million bees? And how? Urban beekeeping is pretty hip right now so it’s the “how” we’re really stuck on. Here are our best theories: Filled beekeeper suits with […]
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New Report Follows Money Trail Behind Attacks on Clean Energy
Every election season, more and more money is poured into campaigns. But there is a surprising new twist this year – fossil fuel interests are actually spending money to directly attack clean energy like wind and solar, as we reveal in a new report we are releasing today, “Clean Energy Under Siege” (PDF). Over the […]
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Behind the scenes at a big mountaintop-mining protest: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Over the weekend, protesters shut down part of a huge mountaintop-removal coal mining operation in West Virginia. One of the activists spills the dirt about police intimidation, abuse from local miners, and snubs from fellow protesters.
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Here is a week-old hedgehog having a dream
Oh, nothing much, just a 7-day-old hedgehog doing little kicks and squeaks in his sleep like he was a puppy dog.
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Why India went dark: Too little power, too little water, too much heat
An overview of some of the better analysis of how and why one-tenth of humanity lost power this week.
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Watch a guy go full Double Rainbow over a vintage train
Well, I learned something new today: Extremely avid railroad fans are called “foamers,” because they foam at the mouth when they see exciting trains. And this guy definitely needs a drool rag, and possibly a Xanax and a long time-out in a rehab center. If Trainspotting were actually about trainspotting, this is basically what you’d […]
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Fireball engulfs Tulsa oil refinery in record heat
No one was injured in the overnight blaze.
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Drought-stricken farmers pay the price for failed climate bill
In the face of crippling drought across the Corn Belt, Congress is considering funding a disaster aid package with cuts to climate friendly conservation programs.
