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If you’re in New York, San Francisco, or Seattle, Uber will deliver kittens to your office today
The ASPCA, Uber, and the Cheezburger network are teaming up for a limited-time kitten delivery service. Also, there are cupcakes, but that's actually the boring part.
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One hoarse town: The 5 dirtiest cities you don’t want to live in
Don't let the news that Americans are cranking out less CO2 fool you: We're still prolific polluters, and that's especially bad news if you live in one of these areas.
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Will Bill de Blasio stand up for New Yorkers without cars?
The leading mayoral candidate is known as a progressive, but some of his car-centric transportation ideas are downright regressive.
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The National Review’s worst nightmare: Climate activists might win
While skeptics doubt and cynics yawn, one conservative pundit sees the movement to get colleges and governments to sell their fossil-fuel holdings as a potent threat.
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Australia’s climate-denying prime minister is convinced he’s the authority on climate change
Tony Abbott denies there's a link between global warming and the wildfires ravaging his country, and he's pushing to roll back Australia's carbon tax.
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Virginia voters know we’re changing the climate, Republican candidate does not
A poll finds most Virginians plan to vote for the Democrat in next week's election. That same poll finds most Virginians understand climate change.
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Please do not eat this sandwich made of the entire McDonald’s dollar menu
The Thrillist staff panicked when they heard McDonald's was eliminating its Dollar Menu. This is the hideous result.
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The Arctic hasn’t been this hot for 120,000 years
A new study finds unprecedented warming in the Canadian Arctic, and blames it squarely on climate change.
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Africa’s biggest wind farm starts spinning
A new 84-turbine farm in Ethiopia will help keep the country powered when droughts slow hydropower to a trickle.
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18-year-old intern singlehandedly invents a cheap, effective water filter
If you happen to live in a place where moringa seeds are plentiful, it's the sort of thing you could build yourself pretty easily and cheaply.