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CNBC Marks Sandy Anniversary By Mocking Climate Change
CNBC host Joe Kernen marked the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy by questioning the wisdom of investing to protect utility customers from climate change.
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Crowdfunded science suggests that coal-hauling trains cause air pollution
An atmospheric scientist solicited funding online for research into pollution from coal trains, and now his preliminary results are in.
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Check out this edible stairway to heaven (or at least lunch)
Climb some stairs, pick some mint, make some tea. Sounds good to us (burp).
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A chef snuck mushrooms into ground beef, and people liked it just as much
This is food propaganda we can get behind.
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The pollution in China is so bad it’s keeping the government from spying on people
You'd think the government would take this an indication that maybe it should work on cleaning up air pollution.
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Ballot effort to ban tar-sands oil from Maine city appears to have failed
A ballot initiative to prevent tar-sands oil from being piped through South Portland and loaded onto ships narrowly lost, according to initial poll results.
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The subways in Venezuela are so popular that boarding becomes a crazy free-for-all
The “desperate rush-hour dash to board a Venezuela subway” video is a mini genre all its own.
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Colorado voters tell fracking industry to frack off
Residents of the Colorado cities of Boulder, Fort Collins, and Lafayette voted Tuesday to ban or suspend fracking.
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“Our most paranoid friends were completely right”
Internet activism expert Ethan Zuckerman lays out what the Snowden/NSA revelations mean for organizers in the U.S. and abroad.
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This ridiculous luxury bike costs more than your car
This $11,200 Hermès bike was designed for "people who really want to have an easy life." No kidding.
