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20 percent of the tricolored blackbirds on Earth are in imminent danger — but you can help save them
A flock of 50,000 tricolored blackbirds is under imminent threat, but you can help them for a dollar a bird.
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This fancy fridge makes your kale even more nutritious
With the NutriLight, “essentially, synthetic photosynthesis is occurring in your crisper drawer,” as Modern Farmer puts it.
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Climate Change Cowards
Overheard at the water cooler this week: Tom: Sally, did you know we can solve climate change for as little as $35 per person? Sally: I’m afraid that’s a waste of my money, Tom. Tom: But what if a polluter gave you the $35 and you could buy things like LED lights that saved you […]
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Pennsylvania officials have no idea how to assess health threats of fracking
Emissions from fracking pose serious health risks, but environmental regulators in Pennsylvania are completely failing to address them.
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Time for Congress to Act and Save Clean Energy Jobs
Today, the US Senate is casting a vote critical to the future of the U.S. wind industry. Wind power has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, and the wind industry now employs more than 80,000 Americans and generates enough electricity to power 15 million homes. Wind is providing affordable, reliable electricity from coast […]
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Smoggy Chinese city offers residents bags of fresh air
Up to 20 people could slurp clean air at a time. One woman even said it made her baby kick.
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Like some dust bowl with your grain belt?
How crop insurance is subsidizing the conversion of prairie grassland to cornfields -- and seeding a dismal future.
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Amazon and Twitter are dirty dirty scoundrels, says Greenpeace
Amazon and Twitter each got three F’s and one D in a new Greenpeace report on energy efficiency. See ya in summer school, suckas!
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California’s cap-and-trade program pays loggers to clearcut old-growth forests
Idiotic, right? That's why enviros are calling on the state to change its rules.
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Biking the Iditarod? Climate change makes for faster times
The Iditarod Invitational -- a 1,000-mile bike and foot race in Alaska -- is all about snow. Climate change means contestants may be seeing less and less of it.
