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Is Keystone XL a distraction from more important climate fights?
Or is it pointless to criticize the one climate movement that's gotten the most traction in the U.S.? An article in Nature tries to stoke a debate.
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Cute, weird, nearly defenseless pangolins are in danger because people won’t stop eating them
There are eight species of pangolin, and all eight are in decline.
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Pipeline dreams: Why fossil-fuel divestment is easier said than done
Despite calls for divestment at 308 college campuses, only six (mostly small) schools have listened. What's stopping the rest?
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Greatest Craiglist Missed Connections ad in history makes the train seem so much more romantic
It may be one of the loveliest pieces of public transit-related short fiction ever written.
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Why would you punch a seal? This zookeeper did
Don't punch a seal. Unless it's a zombie, the antichrist, or an evil robot. Or just never, to be on the safe side.
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Steve King insults climate scientists and religious Americans simultaneously
The GOP rep from Iowa, most recently in the news for his "calves the size of cantaloupes" comment, turns his eloquence to the topic of climate change.
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Painfully adorable couple wed on bus where they first met
"We had about three stops to talk," Nina says. "It sounds cheesy, but I would call it love at first sight." *sob*
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The tent is too damn high: Camping comes to the city
Call it roughing it or installation art, it’s all about getting out, while never leaving the city limits.
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Meet the town that’s being swallowed by a sinkhole
What could possibly go wrong when miners, frackers, and drillers reshape the geology beneath our feet? Talk to the evacuees of Bayou Corne, La.
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L.A. bar has water sommelier, water tasting menu, and a 45-page water menu
But does it taste better than cheap water??? Actually, no, apparently sometimes it tastes worse.
