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Defense contractor: Climate change could create “business opportunities”
Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. But it also thinks climate-related "security concerns" could boost demand for its military products.
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A win-Winco situation: Grocery chain treats employees well and has low prices
Boise, Idaho-based WinCo could teach Walmart a thing or two. And the regional grocery-store chain is expanding.
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Cutting soot and methane emissions would not help the climate as much as hoped
The U.S. has been working with other nations to reduce short-lived climate pollutants, but new research suggests this strategy will have limited success.
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Poachers smuggle ivory out of South Africa disguised as chocolate
You got your chocolate in my illegally poached ivory! You got your illegally poached ivory in my chocolate!
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Why blackouts are more common than ever, in two charts
Ten years after the 2003 meltdown, weather-related outages are on the rise.
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Kochs must move their massive piles of tar-sands waste, Detroit mayor says
Petcoke has been piling up on Detroit's riverfront near a refinery processing tar-sands oil from Canada, but the city has finally had enough.
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The futility of “just the facts” climate science
Some folks urge climate scientists to stay away from politics and policy and stick to "just the facts." That strategy, were it possible, which it isn't, would be utterly ineffective.
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World’s coolest bike lights turn your wheels into lightning, flames, or cartoon animals
Cars will definitely, definitely see you.
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A royal(ty) scam: How oil and gas companies shortchange landowners
Energy companies work the system so that landowners who lease drilling rights to their property rarely see royalties as high as expected.
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In a world without predators, katydids would be Pepto-Bismol pink
Green may actually be the result of the recessive gene.
