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Meet Lewis Latimer, the African American who enlightened Thomas Edison
He helped bring electricity to the masses, and understood the links between electric power and political power. He'd love today's distributed solar movement.
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How Chicago’s Little League scandal cheats city kids
The young players from Jackie Robinson West were stripped of their Little League title. City kids everywhere may have lost a lot more.
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Big Oil is desperate for your love. Watch their silly plea in this insane video
Divestment means breaking up with fossil fuels. We're ready to move on.
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Apple to spend $850 million on solar energy
Its massive new installation will produce enough power to supply 60,000 California homes, says CEO Tim Cook.
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Why we need to fix our crumbling roads, not build new ones
Past transportation spending has mostly been directed to construction rather than repairs. Here's why that doesn't make much sense.
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We’ll need more vaccines in a warming world
Climate change could make deadly diseases like rotavirus even worse.
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Naomi Klein on the power of fossil fuel divestment
Taking our money out of oil and coal companies is just the start, says Klein. We also want to nationalize the companies and seize their profits.
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Republicans can’t win Latinos while ignoring climate change
The GOP thinks Hispanics should be natural conservatives. Problem is, most Hispanics want climate action and most Republicans don’t.
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Please look at these beautiful waves, because the ocean is awesome
When the seas inevitably rise to swallow civilization as we know it, at least it'll be f*cking gorgeous.
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Oklahoma had 3 times more earthquakes than California last year
2014 was a crazy year for quakes in the Sooner state -- and fracking was partly to blame.
