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For tweet’s sake: How to get the most out of 140 characters
Yes, Twitter is an addictive time suck. But it's also an incredibly powerful way to enhance your career and communicate about climate change. David Roberts offers tips and tricks.
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Girl steals bike back from bike thief
She contacted the thief posing as an interested buyer, took the bike for a test ride -- and just kept riding.
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Explained in 90 seconds: How climate change fuels wildfires
Higher temperatures, prolonged drought, and fire suppression policy combine to make fires worse.
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Your dishwasher can clean dishes and make dinner at the same time
Anything you would slowly poach -- we’re thinking fish and fruit, mostly -- will work here.
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Is the NSA surveillance program really about spying on environmentalists?
Environmentalists -- harmless hippie treehuggers who can easily be ignored or dangerous eco-terrorists who need to be watched?
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Trombone-shaped gutters turn rainfall into music
Portlandia ain't got nothin' on this.
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Next year, you’ll be able to play the Brooklyn Bridge like a harp
Thanks to British artist Di Mainstone, harps ain't just for angels and Joanna Newsom anymore.
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These aerial shots of factory farming look like bloody zombie wounds
In case you needed another reason to stop eating factory-farmed meat (and/or to be bummed about the state of America).
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Ask Umbra: What can Fukushima teach us?
With revelations about nuke-plant leaks in the news, Umbra looks into the hot mess that is energy production.
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How hospitals can help fight climate change
Jeff Thompson runs a hospital that's planning to be energy independent by 2014. Here, he shares how his organization is leading the charge in healthcare sustainability.
