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Air pollution kills 7 million people every year
One in eight deaths in 2012 was caused by air pollution. Thanks, fossil fuels.
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North Carolinians Want Coal Ash Safeguards Now
The controversy continues almost two months after a Duke Energy spill of toxic coal ash into the Dan River. First, the Waterkeeper Alliance discovered Duke Energy dumping some 61 million gallons of coal ash wastewater into yet another waterway – the Cape Fear River. Duke Energy has been cited eight times since the Feb. 2 […]
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Wait, why are we dunking so many of our seeds in neonic poison?
It's hard for farmers to buy seeds that aren't coated with pesticides. A new report explains how little we know about the benefits of this practice.
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Golf clubs probably started two California wildfires
Lightweight titanium golf clubs spark when they hit a rock -- and the sparks are hot enough to start a fire.
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Sen. Landrieu doesn’t need your love. Big Oil’s got her back.
Greens are giving the Energy and Commerce chair the cold shoulder in her tough reelection bid. Ask her if she cares.
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See the complete evolution of the bicycle in 60 seconds
The bicycle’s earliest incarnations from the early 1810s don’t look THAT different from what we ride today. It's all the versions in the middle that are weird.
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Scientists figured out how to remove the valuable stuff from your pee
We can collect valuable phosphorus while keeping it out of waterways, and it’s only slightly more complicated than holding a magnet in your toilet bowl.
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This augmented reality bus shelter is both awesome and terrifying
Just about the last thing any weary, precaffeinated morning commuter needs is to think a meteor is smashing into her.
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Watch this scientist fight climate change on the gorgeous Olympic Coast
This new film highlights one medium-chill scientist's efforts to measure climate impacts on America's wildest coast.
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Climate change is going to turn the Earth into a planet of hungry kids
Thanks to climate change, there could be 25 million more malnourished children under the age of 5 in 2050, says a new report from the anti-poverty group Oxfam America.
