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This invasive worm could wipe out escargot
If you like French food, we've got some bad news: Snails could go extinct throughout Europe.
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Depressing new study says you’re right to freak out about climate change
Bad news: Our CO2 will warm the planet even more than previously thought. (Now go look at some cute animals or something, OK?)
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This depressing animated map shows Walmart taking over America
Here's an unsettling look at the Walmart-ification of the U.S., starting in Arkansas in 1962 and ending with total domination. Er, thousands of stores.
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An annoyed Tesla employee created this coloring book about electric cars
Ayumi Kim got tired of explaining that yes, if you hit a wombat, your electric car will probably be fine.
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Who had the best one-liners at the Senate’s climate slumber party?
Thirty U.S. senators stayed up all night long on Monday to talk about climate change. Did your senators join in the fun?
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Abandoned boats get new life as gorgeous winery buildings
An architect couple used discarded boats at a nearby port to build a lovely upcycled wine production facility.
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Alpha coal executives get $2 million bonuses amid falling stock price and record Clean Water Act fines
Alpha Natural Resources, the third largest US coal company, had a rough few days in the stock market last week. First, it tumbled after news that the company would have to pay $200 million to stop illegally dumping toxic pollution into the waterways of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, as well as a […]
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Finally, someone wrote an opera about subsistence farming
“I thought, well, homesteading isn’t a typical subject that you see represented in opera,” the composer said. Um, true that.
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Photo crop: Iowa high schoolers explain where your food comes from
Lexicon of Sustainability trained some teens in its image-making techniques, and they went hog wild. Check out the results.
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Mass transit ridership grows from pathetically low to just low
Last year, Americans took more trips on mass transit than in any year since 1956 -- but our population has doubled since then, so the stat is not so impressive.
