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Mother jailed for letting her daughter run free — at the playground
Debra Harrell let her 9-year-old daughter play unsupervised in an North Augusta, S.C., park. Harrell was arrested and her daughter is in the custody of the state.
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Good riddance, ocean, you were terrifying and gross anyway
Parasitic isopods? Blobfish? Deep-sea vampire squid? Don't let the Great Pacific Garbage Patch hit you on the way out, ocean.
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Five reasons why kelp could be the next kale
Once we all start getting tired of kale, seaweed could step up to the plate as America's favorite superfood.
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Vermont’s dirty secret: Free-ranging cows are crapping in the water supply
The EPA has put the state on probation until it figures out a way to stop dairy farms from polluting streams, rivers, and Lake Champlain -- the water supply for a third of Vermont's population.
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Lay off the almond milk, you ignorant hipsters
Water down and package a food that's perfectly fine as is? That's just nuts.
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Here’s how Obama is preparing the country for climate change
The president has unveiled a number of initiatives to help communities and citizens adapt to changes in the weather.
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California farms are sucking up enough groundwater to put Rhode Island 17 feet under
Here are four key takeaways from a new report prepared for the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
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A Tesla for the rest of us? Elon Musk dishes on the new, cheaper model
The Tesla 3 will be half the price of the current model. Honk if you like that idea.
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Houston’s one-bin-to-rule-them-all recycling plan smells a little like racism
The plan would leave the sorting of trash from recycling to workers in nasty plants, mostly in black or Latino communities. Some of that trash would then be burned.
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In Iowa, solar is fighting back against utilities and winning
A court ruling opens the way for a method of financing solar installation that customers like -- and utilities fear.
