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As if the ozone hole weren’t enough, now there’s a hole in the troposphere
This is like the planet having a hole in its undershirt. We need a sewing kit or a better planetary antiperspirant or both.
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EVs are getting fake engine sounds, because they’re so quiet it’s dangerous
Hybrids and EVs actually ARE more likely to hit cyclists and pedestrians because they're so quiet.
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Eating road kill: Yuck or yum?
There's nothing more viscerally off-putting than road kill. But could it actually be the way forward for sustainable meat?
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Brits may ban new onshore wind power
Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron thinks he can win votes by restricting onshore wind energy. To avoid being called anti-green, he may commit to more solar and offshore wind.
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Fancy new sustainable cement is made of old busted toilets
What happens when your crapper becomes a piece of crap? Hopefully it gets turned into sustainable concrete.
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This beautiful tiny house looks like an orange and was built for less than $9,000
Steve Areen built the fruit-inspired orange dome on a Thai mango farm using blocks of compressed dirt.
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Blades of gory: Teaching kids to slice and dice
An author suggests children learn to use a kitchen knife -- and provokes more plaudits than protests. Has overprotective parenting peaked?
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Climate change: The hottest thing in science fiction
Some call it “cli-fi” -- sci-fi infused with the increasingly frightening impacts of climate change. It's everywhere.
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Bird body count still rising following Galveston Bay oil spill
The Coast Guard has recovered hundreds of dead, oiled birds since a ship collided with an oil barge two weeks ago in Texas.
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We might get a sequel to An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth producer Lawrence Bender is in talks to make a sequel to 2006's biggest movie about a slideshow.
