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Hey, Burning Man: Your desert party sucks for the rest of us
The annual pilgrimage of tech executives and Dusty Unicorns to the Nevada desert is an environmental nightmare.
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Lawns are dumb. Arresting people for poor lawn care is dumber
In parts of the U.S., you can go to jail for not mowing. It's time to give up the fixation on green grass.
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Spending time in a controversial camp that’s blocking tar-sands pipelines
The Unist’ot’en Camp in Canada isn't just out to block tar-sands pipelines. Campers are also developing a resilient community.
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This surfer is committed to saving sharks — even though he lost his leg to one of them
Mike Coots lost his leg in a shark attack. Then he joined the group Shark Attack Survivors for Shark Conservation, and started fighting to save SHARKS from US.
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Hate to be a broken record, but we’re on track for the hottest year on record
And this July was the warmest July on record going back more than a century.
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Which method of raising cows is the most climate-friendly?
A new study compares the global warming potential of different beef production practices.
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This company has 400 people hyped to build Elon Musk’s hyperloop
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies plans to break ground on a test track next year.
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Costa Rica’s green plans: Sustainable coffee, bikes, and clean energy
Costa Rica has set an ambitious goal for itself: To be entirely carbon-neutral by 2021. But it’s really not that crazy.
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Paranoid Republicans think EPA contaminated river on purpose
Two Utah state lawmakers speculate that the EPA might have deliberately dumped mine waste into the Animas River.
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Yet another land mine for GMO Golden Rice
The real problems with a controversial, retracted study weren't about the science but about respect for the subjects' values.