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![Original Plaintiff couples (R-L) Hillary and Julie Goodridge, their daughter Annie, 9, lawyer Mary Bonauto and an unidentified couple react as streamers are set off during a First Year Anniversary Celebration of the legalization of Gay Marriage at Unitarian Universalist Association Headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, May 17, 2005.]()
![Original Plaintiff couples (R-L) Hillary and Julie Goodridge, their daughter Annie, 9, lawyer Mary Bonauto and an unidentified couple react as streamers are set off during a First Year Anniversary Celebration of the legalization of Gay Marriage at Unitarian Universalist Association Headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, May 17, 2005.]()
Why green change is hard: Lessons from the front lines of marriage equality
Scholar Tim McCarthy outlines parallels and differences between environmentalism's challenges and the LGBT and marriage-equality movement's successes.
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What these historical kings and marauders can teach our leaders about climate change
Never fight a land war in Asia -- unless the climate is on your side.
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Here’s a way to prevent gas explosions and help the climate too
If we invest in upgrading our natural gas pipelines, we can prevent tragedies like the one in Harlem, curb greenhouse gas emissions, and create jobs.
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Snooze control: This self-driving minivan would make your commute so much better
It’s not quite the Jetsons, but this new electric minivan is pretty futuristic.
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Rent a quiet room in NYC for studying or sleeping — just not sex
Twenty-five bucks will get you some alone time, as long as you aren't doing anything illicit (read: fun).
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Cycling naked might be the best way to get drivers to pay attention
A nekkid Brit on a bike is basically our version of heaven, so this PSA is pretty dang persuasive.
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Fracking halted at Ohio site following earthquakes
If the quakes are found to have been caused directly by fracking, not by disposal of fracking wastewater, it would be the first such confirmed case.
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Get a peek at the world’s biggest ghost town
Ordos was supposed to be the Vegas of Inner Mongolia ... before everything went wrong.
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You have to hold hands with strangers to make this bus shelter warm
Making commuters touch is an interesting challenge to our nose-in-iPhone culture. Although we want proof everybody washes their hands after peeing.
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Un till: An Iowa farmer finds that less (plow) is more (profit)
Maybe it's contradictory to mix conservation and conventional farming. Or maybe you end up with the agricultural equivalent of a Prius.
