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Watch Will Ferrell and Robert Redford hilariously insult each other to save a river
Even if you don’t care about the Colorado River, there’s nothing like watching Robert Redford tell Will Ferrell, “Seek help soon, Will. You need it.”
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Could Minnesota’s “Value of Solar” Make Everyone a Winner?
On Wednesday, Minnesota became the first state to allow utilities a new method of contracting with distributed solar producers, called the market-based “value of solar.” If adopted by utilities, it will fundamentally change the relationship between solar-producing customers and their electric utility. Following Minnesota’s Value of Solar Process? Here are a few resources: Part 1 […]
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Vetting antibiotics: How the FDA’s new rules look at hog’s-eye level
In Iowa, a veterinarian and a farmer chew over the real-world impact of new government rules limiting antibiotic use in livestock.
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Ask Umbra: Can I drink coffee with a clear conscience?
A reader wonders if her trenta caffe latte makes a grande mark on the planet. Umbra does a little venti-ing.
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Paris bans cars, makes transit free to fight air pollution
Epic smog has settled over the City of Love, so officials are taking drastic steps to clear the air.
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Keystone XL and the energy rush that could change America forever
A sneak peak at a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist's new book about the tar-sands oil rush.
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Scientist would study climate change’s effects on turtles, if not for climate change
Will climate change complicate human attempts to adapt to a warmed world -- just as it complicates human attempts to study it?
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Will frackers cause California’s next big earthquake?
More than half of the wastewater injection wells being used by frackers in the state are within 10 miles of a recently active fault.
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Blacking out America would be a cinch, because there’s not enough distributed solar
America could go dark for up to 18 months if terrorists struck a few key points along the grid. Small-scale solar could make the system more resilient.
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America could be vegan by 2050, says lady totally out of touch with America
Do you really see our love affair with cheddar, bacon, and Greek yogurt going anywhere?
