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Fracking won’t fix the climate
You may have heard that fracking is reducing carbon emissions because natural gas is cleaner than coal. But there's a big hole in that argument.
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Bird poop coffee is the new trend in poop coffee
Money buys a lot of things, including the willingness of workers to hunt through bird poop.
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Divestment: Making colleges do the right thing with their cash since before you were born
Divestment -- the effort to get large institutions to sell their fossil-fuel investments -- didn't come out of nowhere. Its long history began with the anti-apartheid movement.
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Turbine tourism: Bus tours of a wind-energy park are a big hit
In Michigan, tourists are lining up for wind-energy tours that let you go right up and touch a turbine.
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Party like it’s 1994! America’s CO2 emissions hit 18-year low
In 2012, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. fell to 1994 levels.
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6 facts about cereal’s wild past
Did you know the inventor of Grape Nuts was originally a suspenders salesperson? Or that Dr. Kellogg of Kellogg's offered "machine-powered enemas"? YEAH.
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New treaty allows mercury in your mascara (but not other stuff, so wooo?)
Why isn't the United Nations’ Minamata Convention going up to bat for your lashes?
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Boy Scout leaders cheer as they mess up ancient rock formation
Here's how NOT to behave in state parks. Unless you want a merit badge for being a tool.
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Soil proprietor: Do GMOs promote dirt conservation?
Genetically engineered crops are supposed to make it easier for farmers to protect the earth by plowing less. But the record is spotty.
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Here’s what China’s epic smog looks like from space
Beijing's smog is canceling concerts and airline flights. Here's what it looks like from space.
