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Wind power boom could see British factories operating at night
The national electrical grid might start paying factories to operate through the night when wind power is ample but electricity demand is normally low.
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It’s so cold, people are grilling their beer
We get that super-loyal sports fans are still tailgating, but maybe use a little common sense with your sub-zero snacking?
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This cafe charges you 5 cents a minute to hang out, but everything else is free
It's like a co-working space where you pay per minute rather than per month.
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Australian eucalyptus tree is totally a gold digger
It has been drawing up gold from the ground and accumulating the metal in its leaves.
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An Icelandic brewer is making beer out of whales, and it’s grosser than you even imagine
The whale product used is "whale meal," which is sort of like the pink slime of whale meat.
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Washington coal export project dumped by Goldman Sachs
Wall Street is not so hot on coal anymore, and that means plans to build the West Coast's biggest coal export terminal are now on the rocks.
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Food industry’s secret plan for a GMO (non)-labeling law
Leaked documents show that national legislation favored by industry would bar states from passing labeling laws with teeth.
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Yet another oil train explodes, this time in New Brunswick, Canada
A train carrying crude oil and propane jumped the tracks and burst into flames, triggering evacuations in a town just beyond the Maine border.
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Many Countries Reaching Diminishing Returns in Fertilizer Use
When German chemist Justus von Liebig demonstrated in 1847 that the major nutrients that plants removed from the soil could be applied in mineral form, he set the stage for the development of the fertilizer industry and a huge jump in world food production a century later. Growth in food production during the nineteenth century […]
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Jon Stewart’s balls get angry when you say cold weather disproves climate change
And you wouldn't like Jon Stewart's balls when they're angry.
