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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.)
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The most gorgeous highway overpass you’ve ever seen
Chilean-born street artist Dasic turns dirty, trashed spaces into works of art.
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Save yourselves: When it comes to climate change, the cavalry isn’t coming
With little or no leadership from above, Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Towns movement, says change has to start at the street level -- and he's seeing it happen.
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5 ways Monsanto wants to profit off climate change
The agriculture giant has a variety solutions for mitigating and adapting to global warming.
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In the hot seat: The NAACP gets into the climate fight
The director of the NAACPs climate justice program talks about why the venerable civil rights organization has taken up the cause.
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This elephant family is the cutest damn thing you’ll see today
It's straight out of some sweet family-friendly sitcom, but reenacted by multi-ton wild animals.