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U.S. restaurants are terrible at getting wasted food to the hungry. Can we change that?
It makes a lot of sense for restaurants to donate uneaten food to the poor, yet most throw it out.
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What can a president do to boost renewable energy? A lot
Even without approval from Congress, Obama or his successor could take big steps to promote clean energy projects on federal land.
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Bees and flowers have a special relationship, and climate change is screwing it up
This video explains how climate-induced changes in flowering cycles could make for pollination trouble.
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Gamers guzzle a crazy amount of energy
Battling virtual monsters can end up requiring a lot of computing power.
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Marijuana industry struggles with devastating wildfire season
Blazes along the West Coast have pot farmers starting to feel the burn.
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Climate change will do strange things to this hungry little microbe
Trichodesmium is a crucial marine microbe, but it could eat itself to death under high CO2 conditions.
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Iceland turned an old coal plant into a haven for artists and entrepreneurs
A father of the modern Icelandic environmental movement took us around Toppstöðin to show us the possibilities for Reykjavík's future.
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Many U.S. Catholics haven’t heard of Pope Francis’ climate push
But his visit to the United States could change all that.
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These charts show how much worse fires have gotten in your state
Large wildfires are now more common and destructive.
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Obama gets apocalyptic as he talks climate change in Alaska
The president kicked off a tour of Alaska with a dramatic speech warning of the possibility of "submerged countries" and "abandoned cities."
