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Scientists: Current international warming target is “disastrous”
A new study dynamites a long agreed-upon climate goal.
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Auto destruct: How Detroit went bankrupt, and how it could rise again
Detroit has always represented the America we aren't comfortable with. Maybe it now has a chance to shake off our projected dreams and nightmares.
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Your dandruff shampoo is screwing up algae and fish
Turns out that the fungicide in dandruff shampoo is less fun and more -icidal than you’d hope.
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Nancy Sutley plans her White House exit
Another member of Obama's environmental team is headed for the door. Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, will step down in February.
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India’s Dangerous ‘Food Bubble’
By Lester R. Brown India is now the world’s third-largest grain producer after China and the United States. The adoption of higher-yielding crop varieties and the spread of irrigation have led to this remarkable tripling of output since the early 1960s. Unfortunately, a growing share of the water that irrigates three-fifths of India’s grain harvest […]
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Koalas’ sex secret: An organ in the throat, if you know what we mean
Male koalas bellow seductively to convince lady-koalas to bone them. Yes, just like Barry White.
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Beyonce and Jay-Z are going vegan
Hip hop's reigning power couple are forsaking animal products because of birthdays and math.
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Air apparent: Once we start geoengineering, it may be hard to stop
The authors of a recent study thought maybe it'd be a good idea to look before we leap into the caldera of the fake-volcano business.
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Times are tough for the fossil-fuel lovers at ALEC
The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, which pushes anti-environmental state bills, is having trouble raising money and keeping members.
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Native American groups increasingly at the center of fights over oil and gas
There's a lot of natural gas and oil to be found on or near tribal lands. Will indigenous people go along with drilling and pipeline plans, or fight them?
