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Triple threat: Obama orders federal agencies to boost clean energy use threefold
As part of his climate plan, the president cleans up his own house by calling on the federal government to use more renewable electricity.
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“Let them eat coal”: Why cheap, dirty fuels aren’t a meal ticket for developing countries
Bjorn Lomborg thinks Africa just needs more fossil fuels. Luckily, Africans already know what's best for them.
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Will Your Tax Dollars Fund a Highway that’s a Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine in Disguise?
Today, Appalachian community leaders are in Washington, D.C., to protest a Virginia coal boondoggle that has set its sights on $2 billion of your federal tax dollars. Mountaintop removal coal mining is already a shocking, devastating, and destructive practice on its own – but what happens when you add in coal companies making deals with […]
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We can’t stop watching these emus freak out about a ball
Ball. Ball? Ball! Ball? OMG ball!
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Britain is exporting $73 million worth of pig semen to China
Not great news for the planet or for the pigs.
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This trash can is designed to give animals your leftovers
Another creative solution to food waste. It's not perfect, but maybe it’ll keep those raccoons outta your yard.
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Man arrested for charging his EV with 5 cents’ worth of electricity
We get that most areas don’t have the infrastructure yet for widespread EV adoption, but seriously?!
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Ask Umbra: Can I rest easy eating organic beef?
A reader wonders if, when their day comes, organic cows are treated any differently than ordinary ones. Umbra serves up the answer.
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Could you sue Chevron or Exxon for screwing up the climate?
We now know the precise extent to which big fossil-fuel companies are responsible for climate change, but U.S. courts are slower to assign blame.
