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So long, and thanks for all the tree lobsters
So much has changed in two and a half years! Also, so much has stayed exactly the same! Some thoughts from a departing editor.
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“More fish in the sea” is not a reason to keep overfishing
A new study suggests we've been underestimating the amount of fish in the oceans by a factor of 10 -- but that doesn't mean we get to drive bluefin tuna to extinction.
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That new-car smell is making Hurricane Katrina survivors sick
Formaldehyde is just one part of the chemical soup comprising the iconic smell. And poorly ventilated FEMA trailers reek of the scent.
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Can this coal plant save the climate?
Step inside the project that could be the key to Obama’s climate legacy … or a multibillion-dollar boondoggle.
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Gold-medal skier Ted Ligety raps with a snowflake to save winter
Another Olympian jumps into the climate fight, this time with a slightly depressed ice crystal.
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Watch a pangolin play in the mud like a puppy
These endangered creatures look like walking artichokes. They also happen to be adorable.
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Can We Prevent A Food Breakdown?
As food supplies have tightened, a new geopolitics of food has emerged—a world in which the global competition for land and water is intensifying and each country is fending for itself. We cannot claim that we are unaware of the trends that are undermining our food supply and thus our civilization. We know what we […]
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Wish you could fertilize crops with pee? Urine luck
The Rich Earth Institute leads the way in showing America how to "peecycle."
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Attn. babies: Don’t be born poor and black in North Carolina
A new EPA study finds that poor black kids are more likely to arrive in this world underweight and undernourished, on top of being underprivileged.
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Want everyone else to buy into environmentalism? Never say “Earth”
A veteran marketer says green organizations must drop the nature imagery, talk about people, and repeat, repeat, repeat if they want to move the needle on climate.
