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Yum! Climate change means more mercury in fish
Mercury makes its way up the food chain from itty bitty killifish to tuna to us! Truly the gift that keeps on giving.
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Pretty vacants: Urban communities fill empty lots with gardens, skate parks, and creative possibility
What do you get when techies and community activists team up to make better use of vacant lots? Urban farms, community gardens -- and perhaps a whiffle ball park?
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When spruce beetles attack!
Drought is making it much harder for trees to defend themselves against invading insects, says a new study.
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Why is WGBH Legitimizing David Koch’s Climate Change Denial?
Last Wednesday, more than 50 people gathered outside of WGBH — Boston’s public television station and the largest producer of national PBS television content — with 119,000 petition signatures calling on the station to drop David Koch from its board. Even Elmo was there (well, a local climate activist dressed up as Elmo), to say that a man who […]
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Norway’s massive oil wealth could be invested in renewables, “change the world”
Norway has more money than it knows what to do with. And while leaders figure out how they want to manage the nation’s roughly $790 billion public pension fund going forward, there’s real potential for an “unprecedented shift” in renewable energy investment. Norway’s enormous pension coffers, fat off the country’s offshore oil wealth, could ironically […]
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Ontario Kills Coal, But Local Renewables Program Falters
It was one of the most ambitious renewable energy programs in the world when it launched in 2009, committing the Canadian province to buy power from thousands of new renewable energy systems. It was open and accessible to the average person, and it was committed to buying power only from projects that were “made in […]
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How long did the North Dakota oil spill remain undetected?
20,600 barrels of crude oil spilled from a six inch pipeline owned and operated by Tesoro Logistics, according to the company, spreading over 7 acres of a North Dakota wheat field until a farmer discovered it on September 29. But information about this major spill wasn’t made public for another 11 days – and only […]
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Venice has a grand plan to protect itself from rising seas
In a decade-long, $7 billion effort, Venice is building 78 flood barriers to help keep itself dry. The first four just passed a crucial test.
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Watch: Drought-hardy barley could save your beer
In Germany, scientists are trying to engineer drought-resistant barley to help prevent famines (and keep Oktoberfest's beer supply flowing).
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Lagoons filled with toxic water coming to Ohio’s fracklands
Football-field-sized pits of fracking wastewater already taint the landscapes of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Looks like Ohio will be next.
