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Vegan tries to prove poor people aren’t trying hard enough to eat healthy
Rejoice: This vegan chef and yogi solved world hunger!
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Is sitting on the subway floor OK?
Every once in a while, someone actually tries this.
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Explained in 90 seconds: Your fridge is accelerating climate change — but it doesn’t have to
HFCs are powerful greenhouse gases. They're also the low-hanging fruit in the fight against global warming.
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Along with a rocket, NASA launched one poor frog into the air
We're pretty sure the frog didn't make it.
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Big biz fights Obama admin’s calculations on carbon costs
America's biggest and dirtiest industries say the government shouldn't try to tally up the climate-related costs of fossil-fuel burning.
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ExxonMobil company charged with fracking-related crimes
Pennsylvania is going after the company for spilling frackwater into a river. The company responds with Orwellian logic, arguing that the case will "discourage good environmental practices."
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Vikings have the most fun: U.N. says Danes are the happiest people on the planet
What's the secret to the Dane's sunny disposition? Our man on the streets finds out.
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Let’s fight the 1 percent — of power plants
Nearly 1 percent of U.S. power plants -- 50 of them, all fueled by coal -- produce 30 percent of the power sector's CO2 pollution.
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Hay contaminated with Monsanto GMOs rejected for export
A Washington farmer grew a GMO-free crop of alfalfa, but an exporter wouldn't take it because it appeared to have been tainted by the genetically modified variety.