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This massive porpoise slaughter is way worse than the ones you’ve heard about
9,000 porpoises were harpooned in the 2009-2010 season -- so why isn't everyone talking about it?
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New reality TV series follows the heroic rangers who fight rhino poaching
Al Jazeera English's 'Wildlife Warzone" series is airing next month
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As climate changes, polar bears switch to polluted food
Polar bears just can't catch a break. As the climate shifts, East Greenland's population is eating more seals with higher concentrations of chemical pollution in their flesh.
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This guy gave a wallaby CPR and saved its life
Mick Hussin was on vacation, when a group of dogs ran by, and he noticed that they were chasing a tiny baby wallaby.
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Cancelled: Live chat with Ernest Moniz and Gina McCarthy is off
Alas, due to scheduling conflicts, we've had to cancel our planned Google+ Hangout with the energy secretary and EPA administrator.
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We eat three times as much cheese now as we did in 1970
Twenty-three pounds of cheese a year!
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One failed project, another over budget, hint at carbon-capture challenges under EPA rules
If you want to build a new coal plant, the U.S. EPA says you must capture CO2 emissions. Two troubled projects show how hard that will be.
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Get a bird’s-eye view with the eagle cam
There’s gorgeous scenery, wind-ruffled feathers, and an excuse to sing that obnoxiously catchy Steve Miller song. What more could you want?
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How to find the greenest airline
Just three roundtrip cross-country or trans-Atlantic flights cause almost as much climate pollution as the average American household produces in an entire year. With that in mind, lots of fliers are concerned about the heavy carbon impact of their travel, and want to choose airlines that are at least operating as efficiently as possible. Eco-conscious […]
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A Community Solar Gold Standard?
Joy Hughes was living in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, a place with a “tremendous amount of solar potential,” so good that the valley’s residents were being overwhelmed by proposals for large scale solar power plants. One had a “field of things like radar dishes” and another included a “600 foot tower.” The influx […]
