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Blood on the leaves: The hidden environmental story in “12 Years a Slave”
Steve McQueen's masterful film shows how subjugation of human beings went hand-in-hand with the ravaging of the Southern landscape -- a story that still echoes today.
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Kochs and Republicans launch bid to snuff out wind-energy tax incentives
The fossil fuel industry thinks Americans have had just about enough of federal handouts for sources of energy that aren't fossil fuels.
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U.N.: Hurry up on climate action or we’re screwed!
A U.N. report warns that we're failing to meet climate goals, and outlines how we could get back on track -- just in time to inspire delegates at next week's big climate confab.
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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.
