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This energy-efficient house is made of yarn and seaweed
Seaweed insulation and a seaweed roof? It's either a hippie house or seapunk or both.
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Fast food and furious: Restaurant workers are fed up with minimum wage
Fast food workers are on the march nationwide. What, oh what, are the poor corporate fat cats to do?
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American firm debuts first airplane to run on natural gas
The plane can fly on both standard aviation fuel and compressed natural gas.
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Sally Jewell doesn’t want any climate deniers at Interior
In an address to her department, the secretary of the interior called climate action a "moral imperative."
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Featured Friend: Daniela G.
Each month, we showcase one of our beloved Friends with Benefits — folks who have donated to support our work. Want to take your relationship with Grist to the next level? Just donate any amount to join the fun. Daniela G. “I am a freelance writer and a great believer that there’s still a chance to change […]
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Don’t let the mustache fool you: That’s just an unregulated cab
Companies like Lyft and Sidecar say they're just tech-powered carpooling services, but that's not how it's working out in the streets.
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Global warming could cause 50 percent increase in violent conflict
Scientists see fresh evidence of a strong link between climate change and violence.
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Shoes with a built-in tent are perfect for outdoorsy people who don’t care if their feet look dumb
They're not the most stylish shoes, but they're the only ones you can sleep in.
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Should we turn deserts into carbon-sucking tree plantations?
To save the world from global warming, some scientists think we should vegetate the world's deserts out of existence.
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Koch brothers hire lobbyists to fight carbon tax, save poor and old people
Carbon-tax proposals are going nowhere in Congress, but the Koch brothers aren't taking any chances. They're fighting the proposals -- on behalf of the low-income and the elderly, of course.
