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Someone left 423 protected tortoises on a baggage carousel in Thailand
Authorities found two "unusually heavy bags" abandoned on the baggage carousel.
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Philippines blames climate change for monster typhoon
As U.N. climate talks begin in Warsaw, officials from the Philippines are demanding that the world act to fight climate change -- and that rich countries pay their fair share.
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Bacon deodorant extends the bacon trend beyond the bounds of tolerability
Wasn’t bacon over like several years ago? Why can't we smell like kale instead?
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How Vermont Has Promoted Local Renewable Energy: Episode 10 of Local Energy Rules Podcast
“A lot of the utilities don’t totally understand this new paradigm that’s coming.” David Blittersdorf of AllEarth Renewables has been working to advance renewable energy in Vermont for years, and was instrumental in getting the state’s standard offer program (a feed-in tariff) passed in 2009. He’s adamant that the state should accelerate its standard offer […]
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Look don’t panic but apparently sometimes bananas are full of venomous baby spiders
We're not saying that if YOU buy a bunch of bananas at the store, they'll be full of dozens of poisonous spider babies. We're just saying that happened to this one lady.
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Your plastic garbage is killing whales
Dead whales keep washing up with stomachs full of golf balls, latex gloves, rope, and plastic bags.
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Beer makes turkeys, like everything else, way better
One turkey farmer is feeding his birds beer to make them fat and delicious.
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Ask Umbra: Is my shampoo poisoning the planet?
A reader wonders how to suds her tresses without making unseen ecological messes. Umbra delivers the clean truth.
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Global warming finally reaches the last Arctic region
Yeah, no one gets to sit global warming out. New reports show that the last holdout region in northern Canada is rapidly succumbing.
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The War on Truth: Which side is Harvard on?
originally posted at Grip College students across the country are calling on their schools’ endowments to divest from fossil fuels. The campaign is taking off. But Harvard University President Drew Faust has rejected the idea, without responding to student requests for a public forum on the issue. In doing so, she turned her back on […]
