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Leslie Hall is our favorite vegan superstar
No one else can do masterful high-kicks in a skintight gold jumpsuit while rapping about black bean burgers.
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Feather in his cap-and-trade: Brown pledges polluter fees to poor communities
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s new budget proposal would pour polluter taxes into the communities that bear the brunt of industry’s dirty ways.
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Elsipogtog epic: How a tribe’s fight against an energy company caught fire
Last fall, New Brunswick's protests against gas drilling caught the world's attention by burning some vehicles. But their story has more to tell us about how this movement is changing.
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Newt Gingrich spouts nonsense about dinosaurs and climate change
We called a climate scientist for a response, and he confirmed: Yep, it's nonsense.
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At least EPA is doing a little something to help bees
The agency still won't outlaw bee-killing pesticides, but it is funding research into reducing use of chemicals that harm pollinators.
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This guy raised a duckling under his beard
Ducklings get lonely, so this Reddit user let his beard sub in for a mama duck's wing.
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Rio’s hosting its first ever cargo bike championship
Rio's got hundreds of cargo bike delivery people, who transport food, water, mattresses, dogs, and a whole bunch of other random stuff around the city every day.
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Starfish have eyes on the tips of each arm
Which means, most likely, they can see in every direction, all at once.
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Check out this shocking map of California’s drought
In the midst of cold weather extremes across most of the U.S., spare a thought for bone-dry California.
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One benefit to this horrible cold snap: It could be killing invasive insects
Trees all over America have been granted a reprieve.
