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Wind energy becoming cheaper than natural gas
In the blustery Midwest, power agreements with new wind farms are being signed for even less than gas plants. Wind is breathing down the necks of coal and nuclear too.
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Thanks to climate change, the world is going to need a lot more firefighters
The U.S. is spending more than ever to fight blazes, and Australia will need to double the number of firefighters it employs to help keep pace with worsening fire seasons.
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There’s something depressing about 3D-printed pizza
Yes, near-instant food in your kitchen is awesome and genie-like. But what about, as they say, the joy of cooking?
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The carbon time bomb in your retirement account
A new financial tool lets Wall Street calculate the climate-change risk of investments.
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Why the EPA chief needs China’s help to tackle global warming
Combined, China and the U.S. produce nearly half of the world's carbon emissions.
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This stroller turns into a tricycle when your kid outgrows it
We approve of baby stuff that doesn't outlive its usefulness after just a few months.
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Climate deniers apparently can’t feel heat
Climate deniers are also in denial about experiencing really, really hot summers.
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Good day for snowy owls: Delaware likes them, New York has decided not to shoot them
There's an abundance of snowy owls on the East Coast right now, likely caused by a boom in lemmings.
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Greenpeace 30 might get Russian amnesty — and Pussy Riot might too
Vladimir Putin has proposed giving amnesty to some activists and political prisoners, including Greenpeace protesters who scaled an offshore drilling rig in September.
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Zoo finds out the hard way two male sloths can’t make a baby
Apparently SOMEbody wasn’t paying attention in biology class.
