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The richer you are, the more you eat fast food! Wait, what?
"Oh yeah, fast food is AWFUL for you," admits 76 percent of Americans -- with a mouthful of fries.
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Spin cycle: Copenhagen’s rise, fall, and rise again to cycling supremacy
More than a third of Copenhageners bike to school or work, but it hasn't always been that way -- and city officials say that's not nearly enough.
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Young harp seals in the North Atlantic at risk from melting sea ice
It's a bad week to be a seal.
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The coal export bubble
Coal's price collapse spells trouble for terminal investors.
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NRA attacks “shadowy network” of enviros and zoos fighting to ban lead bullets
As some states weigh bans on lead-based ammunition -- the biggest source of unregulated lead in the environment -- the NRA fights back with a conspiracy theory.
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Shark teeth contain their own natural toothpaste
The outside of a shark's tooth is made of fluoride, the same stuff that gets added to toothpaste, mouthwash, and municipal water systems to improve your dental health.
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Climate change pushing marine life towards the poles, says study
Marine species, more than land-based ones, are altering their breeding, feeding, and migration patterns as they chase climates they can survive in.
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Chevy plugs into demand, cuts Volt price by $5,000
The 2014 Volt will arrive in U.S. dealerships later this month and start at $34,995.
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Bikes in Boston’s subway are guarded by a cardboard cop
And he's cut bike theft by 67 percent.
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Uncovering the Cultural Barriers to Sustainability: a Eulogy for Jim Farrell
I spent the past two weeks saying goodbye to my father, Jim Farrell, so instead of my usual discussion of good policy and practices for distributed renewable energy, I’m taking time to explore how my dad’s work on sustainability fits with how I approach it in this blog (and elsewhere) in my work for the Institute […]
