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Is a greener oil industry possible? David Poritz thinks so
The founder of Equitable Origin wants to create green, fair-trade certification for the oil industry.
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Kick back, relax, and count all the sharks at your local beach
Global Shark Tracker lets you follow the movements of sharks around the world -- and avoid unexpected lunch dates.
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Mmmm! Doughnuts. Not-mmmm: Palm oil
Big doughnut chains use big amounts of palm oil, and they still haven't signed on to rainforest-protecting agreements
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Here’s how enviros plan to push for stronger EPA climate rules
The Sierra Club and NRDC will encourage supporters to submit positive public comments, while Greenpeace and 350.org don't have big plans to help.
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The next front in the GMO war: Synthetic biology
A new wrinkle in bioscience could help save rainforests. Or maybe not. Let's not shut down the debate before we even have it.
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For $20,000, George R.R. Martin will kill you and save the wolves
If you are a top funder of the author's Wolf Sanctuary crowdfunding campaign you, too, could have your (fictional) skull crushed by the Game of Thrones author.
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Crazy contraption turns cow poo into clean water, fertilizer, and natural gas (ahem)
A single cow produces 10,000 gallons of poop each year. That's a whole lotta Kool-Aid!
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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how Republicans blew it on climate change
The "Cosmos" host dishes on our warming planet, why science is "trending" in our culture, and the meaning of a groundbreaking science TV experiment.
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American Southwest heating faster than rest of nation
The Northeast is getting pretty toasty too.
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This is how little it costs for states to go renewable
Renewable electricity standards are not expensive to implement, a new study finds.
