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Americans cited for hiking on federal lands, but drillers can keep on drilling
You want to drill or log on federal lands? No problem. But don't you dare camp or hike there.
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Huge North Dakota oil spill went unreported by furloughed feds
A spill of fracked oil from a pipeline was discovered two weeks ago, but we're only just learning about it.
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10 Things to Know About Food on World Food Day
October 16 is World Food Day. It offers the opportunity to strengthen national and international solidarity in the fight to end hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. With falling water tables, eroding soils, and rising temperatures making it difficult to feed growing populations, control of arable land and water resources is moving to center stage in the […]
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Folding up this paper battery makes it 14 times more energy-dense
We're mainly imagining replicants powered by origami unicorns.
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Grist’s looking for a few good fellows
Come work, write, and learn with us in Seattle for six months. Applications are open now.
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Japanese town wants to open a marine park with dolphin meat on the menu
They're going to sell access to the dolphins as entertainment. And then make dolphin burgers.
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Big builders hoarding fracking rights beneath new homes
U.S. developers are selling new houses but keeping a little something for themselves: the right to lease the land beneath the houses to frackers.
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Scientists lure jaguars to camera traps using Calvin Klein cologne
Scientists want to maximize the chances that their trap will capture some images
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Money talks: Climate change is going to be really bad for business
Over the past couple of weeks, a group of cold, calculating experts have been spouting warning after warning about the severity of the climate threat. No, I’m not talking about climate scientists (though they’ve just had something to say on the topic too). I’m talking about the capitalists. You know, the bankers, the insurers, the […]
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The week in GIFs: Pirates, plants, and pundits
Plants need water, man! (And tweets. And maybe beer you can drink in space.)
