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Russia has a black-market squirrel problem
Poachers are swiping squirrels from Moscow parks and reselling the cute, bushy-tailed critters as pets.
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This tower is made out of self-growing mushroom bricks
It's also engineered to keep people cool in the hot summer.
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Of pipelines, lunch counters, and warheads: Effective protest requires concrete goals
The policy wonks are missing the importance of the Keystone XL pipeline fight as a rallying point.
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Giant rats will inherit the earth
Human-induced climate change is not going to make the planet uninhabitable: Some species are going to thrive. (Just not us.)
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Train of thoughtlessness: Proposed rail line puts NOLA neighborhood on the wrong track
Locals are railing against a proposal that would move train tracks away from a well-heeled suburban neighborhood and into a poor urban one.
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People hate corporate coffee so much they’re flocking to Dumb Starbucks in droves
It looked like a Starbucks and tasted like a Starbucks, but it wasn't a Starbucks.
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Quick, change the channel! Al Jazeera is talking about the environment again
While most American TV networks are ignoring climate change, Al Jazeera America is taking climate and environmental issues seriously.
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India plans world’s biggest solar project, but money is a hurdle
The solar array would be larger than Manhattan and cost $4.4 billion. India is hitting up the World Bank for a great big loan to get it started.
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Climate change has turned southern England into a soggy teabag
The storms and flooding just won't end in England, where the government is warning of the links between record-breaking weather and global warming.
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Bike beer caddy lets you tote your brews around in (slightly kinky) style
Nothing like some nice full-grain leather to help you get 50 shades of drunk. After you get off your bike, of course.