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Happy first birthday, U.S. Climate Action Plan!
How much has Obama accomplished since he introduced his plan one year ago?
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Ma, why does my scratch and sniff smell like a gas leak?
When it comes to sniffing out leaky natural gas pipelines, it's time for kids to join the fun.
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This pop-up solar station looks like Optimus Prime, goes anywhere, and has wifi
The Ecos Powercube brings energy, water, and communications to remote places without using fossil fuels -- all packed into a shipping container.
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If you think climate politics in the U.S. are crazy, wait till you see what just happened in Australia
The latest addition to Australia's climate circus? Al Gore.
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Everything we know about neonic pesticides is awful
A review of more than 800 scientific papers has painted a terrifying picture of the ecosystem-wide impacts of neonicotinoids.
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Watching polar bears swim for ice will make you want to hug them (but maybe don’t)
It’s hard not to love polar bears, but this video has made us adore them in a whole new way.
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Why the Voting Rights Act and Freedom Summer matter in the climate justice struggle
The green movement needs as many voters as possible on its side, and minorities are more likely to support climate action than whites.
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Why the food movement and family farmers need to learn to get along, little dogies
Perspective on the food movement from a writer who grew up shoveling manure.
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Open-source seeds: While they spread shoots, they plant ideas
"Linux For Lettuce," a writer's account of the movement to counter seed patents with open source licenses, gets to the root of a growing problem.
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Put your spare change to good use with crowdfunded science
Experiment.com turns your money into clean air or a human-powered space shuttle or studies on fracking's health effects, among other things.