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True Detective is over — here’s who’s left standing
What have we learned this season? Los Angeles is a hideous beast, but if you manage to escape its overwhelming sprawl, you will die.
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How subglacial discharge is kind of like blowing all of your money at Chipotle
Seismic vibrations give clues to melting glaciers and your calving bank account. Oh, bother.
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EPA turned this river orange by dumping 3 million gallons of mine sludge into it
A normally clear Rocky Mountain river is now the color of baby shit. Thanks, EPA!
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America could double its gas tax and it would still be incredibly low
And yet opposition to raising it remains fixed and fierce.
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Why the Donald Trump phenomenon is bad for the climate
Trump outdoes all the other Republican presidential contenders with his belligerent ignorance about climate change.
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With Obama poised to reject Keystone, TransCanada tries to figure out what to do next
The pipeline company is considering suing the U.S. under NAFTA, and praying for a new Republican president.
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Water cooler talk: Should our office ditch that big fat upside down jug?
Is that big jug a sensible way to achieve workday hydration? Or should we just be drinking from the tap? Umbra dives right in for an answer.
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Putin bulldozes tons of perfectly good (and illegal) cheese
The Russian president shows distaste for illegal imports, despite hard times for hungry Russians. Meanwhile, folks are probably wondering what's in Mr. Putin's fridge.
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Jon Stewart gets in one last great dig at climate deniers
National treasure Jon Stewart says farewell to "The Daily Show" with a lesson on spotting that most constant enemy: bullshit.
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A huge, toxic algae bloom is basically eating the West Coast alive
That toxic algae bloom off the West Coast is bigger and badder than we thought -- and its messing with your seafood.
