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Save the economy; visit a park
You can get all the benefits of being outside, and still be doing your part to create jobs.
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Nature writ small: Kids capture scenes of wild things in the city [SLIDESHOW]
In post-industrial Pittsburgh, underserved kids are handed cameras and challenged to explore the natural world right at their feet. Here are some of the things they've spotted.
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We’re kind of in love with this mountain man and his pet raccoon
All his raccoons are named Gunshow. They like Hannah Montana shampoo. You can't make this stuff up.
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This doohickey turns your normal bike into an electric bike
Plop the Rubbee on your back tire and get ready to blast off into the future (at a modest 15 mph).
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The easiest way to get a cronut: Donate to a food bank
You bet your barnacles I'd give money to feed the hungry if I got some sugary deliciousness in return!
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Harsh drought is drying up New Mexico’s largest reservoir
El Paso's drier than an cow bone baking in the Chihuahuan Desert, and an important source of water for drinking and farming has shrunk into a sandy puddle.
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Why the Peak Oilers are still right
The oil and gas boom in the U.S. has some people arguing that we no longer need to worry about fossil-fuel supplies. Au contraire.
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White Liberal Dude Privilege Syndrome: An apology
So, I said something horrible on Twitter. Since I can’t go back in time and take it back, I thought I’d try to make something worthwhile out of it. Here goes.
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EPA chief: Stop saying environmental regs kill jobs
Gina McCarthy, in her first speech as EPA administrator, pushes home the point that curbing carbon pollution will spark business innovation.
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Thai tourist paradise wrecked by oil spill
Idyllic beaches in Thailand have been deserted after an oil pipeline ruptured, coating the shorelines with crude.
