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The week in GIFs: Cheese snacks, RuPaul, and an Amish paradise
Green news from a motley gang of animated eccentrics.
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Pot-flavored condoms keep you and the planet happy
"Cannadoms" combine your two favorite things: toking and not making a baby.
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In “The Sixth Extinction,” Elizabeth Kolbert reports from the frontlines of a dying world
The New Yorker writer talks mass extinctions, climate inaction, and whether there's any hope (short answer: no. long answer: probably not).
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People-friendly streets: They’re not just for big cities anymore
A bill in the Senate promotes "complete streets" that are more accessible to walkers and cyclists, and it appeals far beyond liberal urban areas.
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Obama has a good transportation plan. Now we just need to raise the gas tax to pay for it.
Enviros and smart-growth advocates are praising Obama's proposed transportation bill. Too bad funding is such a hurdle.
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America’s first carbon-trading program can boast some impressive numbers
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative collected about $1 billion from 2009 to 2012 and is expected to save $2 billion in lowered energy bills.
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IKEA is in trouble for cutting down 600-year-old trees
Logging subsidiary Swedwood had its forestry certificate pulled in Karelia, Russia.
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New Google Street View project lets you hang out with polar bears
Well, not in real life, but there is a nice video.
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How big meat recalls hurt small cattle ranches
The recent recall of 9 million pounds of meat won't just harm the Rancho Feeding slaughterhouse. It has the potential to put small producers out of business, too.
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Whole Foods doesn’t want organic food and regular food to touch (but this may not be totally crazy)
It is a little bit funny, though.
