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Pebble Mine near Alaska’s Bristol Bay could be environmentally devastating, EPA says
A huge proposed gold and copper mine would pose major risks to the area's wildlife, fishing industry, and Native cultures, a new report finds.
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This is the coolest ice fort we’ve ever seen
The five-foot wall is multicolored and glows from inside.
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Meet the guy who bid $350,000 to shoot an endangered rhino
Corey Knowlton is a hunter. He’s been one since he was a kid.
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Just add compost: How to turn your grassland ranch into a carbon sink
Can open fields capture atmospheric carbon and stash it away in the soil? You bet, says the data from a project in Marin.
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Scientists are studying bees by turning them into cyborgs
They're going to attach tiny little sensors (less than 0.1 inches wide) to the bees, let them fly around, and track how they move.
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Who Owns West Virginia’s Water? A Cautionary Tale
It took a few days after a state of emergency was declared across nine West Virginia counties and one-sixth of the state’s population was told not to drink or bathe using their tap water for the national news media to discover there is a story of national importance occurring in the political backwaters of Appalachia. […]
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Older trees best at fighting climate change
It has long been thought that young trees are better than old ones at absorbing CO2. A new study suggests the opposite.
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Climate change is waking up the bears and they want to eat us
Not only are the bears awake, but one wildlife official says they "see [humans] as a source of food.” RUN!
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Why exploding trains are the new Keystone XL
With pipeline projects stalling, more crude is riding the rails. Also, spilling. And blowing up. That's making the Oil Express a target for protest.
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The director of “The Cove” is back with a new eco-thriller
Louie Psihoyos promises his new documentary about extinction is a real-life Ocean's 11.