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Survive one Chevron fracking explosion, get a pizza and pop FREE!
The residents of Greene County, Penn., just weathered a fracking disaster, but it's cool because Chevron's buying them a pizza party (for one).
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Here’s a new, cute way to eat animals without guilt or cruelty
If you're gonna eat animals, they might as well be adorable animals made out of rice and eggs, right?
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Cows make more milk when listening to R.E.M.
Slow jams boosted milk output by 3 percent -- and here's your suggested bovine mixtape.
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Get old. Get free. Get over oil.
I’m going to burn my driver’s license when I turn 75. Maybe sooner. I’d like to do it at the offices of Koch Enterprises, if I can get a ride home. You may think this is a choice to sacrifice some freedom. But it’s the opposite: a declaration of independence from the tyranny of oil. […]
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America could have been a nation of hippopotamus eaters
One booster apparently tried to influence reporters by feeding them hippo jerky.
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Russia could build a train that would connect New York to Paris
This would probably be a rail line that carried more oil than people.
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Finnish reindeer now have glowing antlers to protect them from cars
Finnish reindeer actually belong to reindeer herders, who'd like to keep them alive.
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Rents in this North Dakota oil town are now higher than in NYC or San Francisco
Blame fracking. In the boomtown of Williston, N.D., a 700-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment can cost more than $2,000 per month.
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The #1 Solar Utility is in…Iowa?
It may be one of the oldest cooperative utilities in the country, but in the next six months, Farmers Electric Cooperative (FEC) of southeastern Iowa will be leading the nation in this 21st century energy source. Upon completion of a new solar array, the 640-member cooperative will have over 1,500 Watts of solar per customer […]
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This little green laser could save bicyclists’ lives
The Blaze Laserlight could help drivers realize a cyclist is in their blind spot. Sweet!
