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For $110, the toilet bike will help you get laid
Check out this adult tricycle-toilet hybrid. Swears the seller, “When I rode this thing around town, I was a freaking chick magnet!” YEAH, BUDDY.
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John Oliver and Bill Nye show why cable news climate “debates” are so ridiculous
Warning: If you watch this, you'll never be able to watch a climate debate again without rolling your eyes.
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Oil company poisons town; judge says it doesn’t owe its victims a penny
Citgo was found guilty of criminal violations of the Clean Air Act, but apparently doling out damages would have been far too complicated.
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The high cost of the solar middleman
If there’s no such thing as a free lunch, then how can Americans get solar on their roof with “zero money down” and lower their electric bill? Solar leasing, as it’s often called, is a clever market solution to poor federal and state policy design that otherwise requires Americans to do financial acrobatics to power […]
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Why solar net metering beats a value-of-solar tariff every time
In short: Don't fix what isn't broken.
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Do you think frackers should disclose the chemicals they use? EPA wants to know
That's not a rhetorical question. The EPA is seeking public comment, even though it might not do anything after the comments are received.
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Another big EPA court victory — this time on soot pollution
It's the third notable environmental court win in a month, upholding the EPA's right to clamp down on particulates that cause heart attacks and asthma.
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Local to the extreme: This project puts the farm right in the grocery store
Right now, the Farmery is just a test project in a shipping container, but Ben Greene and his team have big dreams.
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Ask Umbra: Do they still make alarm clocks that don’t require batteries or electricity?
A reader is tired of waking up to her smartphone. Umbra crows about the alternatives.
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This bill would help build the kinds of communities where millennials want to live
A new Senate proposal would make it easier for local governments to do transit-oriented development.
