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This brightly colored thread is made out of snail poop
It's a very particular and surprisingly appealing form of recycling.
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These slabs of recycled denim and resin are weirdly beautiful
And they can be used for architectural projects, as well as for nifty consumer designs.
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Let’s source all of Earth’s energy from moon-based solar panels
This plan would require moon mining and robots.
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City-Owned Texas Utility Already Serves 40% Renewable Energy
Is having local control of a utility the key to ramping up renewable energy? In 2011, Boulder citizens voted to have their city take over the electric utility, joining 1 in 7 Americans served by municipal electric utilities. Their feasibility study suggests they can more than double renewable energy on their system to over 50%, slashing greenhouse […]
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Climate change means more sea snot
Sea snot: a delicious mixture of gooey sea animal corpses and their poo!
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Here’s the most depressing coffee table book of all time
If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the eco-conscious Grumpy Cat in your life, this is just the ticket.
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AllPaws is giving pet adoption the OkCupid treatment
Best part? Your future pet will never stand you up or turn out to be married.
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Ask Umbra: How much is my firewood polluting the air?
A reader wonders what kind of wood creates the cleanest smoke. Umbra says the answer is cut and dried.
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Obama OKs pipeline that will help Canada’s tar-sands industry
But not the pipeline you're thinking of. This one will carry ultra-light oil up to Alberta where it can be used to thin tar-sands oil for transport.
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Why climate skeptics and evolution deniers joined forces
Climate change and evolution came under attack for different reasons, but now their skeptics are banding together.
