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Can your fugly car cock-block you? This short film thinks so
Dating in L.A. sucks with a crappy car. "Bad Cars" condenses the experience into six minutes of agony.
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Why coal has a hit on “America’s Got Talent”
A Kentucky boy has hit big on "America's Got Talent" with a song called "Coal Keeps the Lights On." Why does coal mining continue to wield such resonant power in U.S. culture?
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That’s the spirit: A guide to sustainable liquor
Sustainable beer and wine are fine -- but liquor is quicker. We take a hard look at the hard stuff so you can ensure your tipple isn't a Kochtail.
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Ask Umbra: What’s the safest bug spray?
A reader worries about Lyme disease and West Nile. Umbra bites.
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How do we use electricity?
We can better understand our electricity use -- as a country and at home -- if we break it down by sector and category.
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The week in GIFs: Singles, Monsanto, and live vasectomies
This week's news in tasty GIF nugget form for easy digestion.
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Climate-related power outages aren’t just a coastal problem
No American region has been exempt from the possibility of mass power outages.
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Ice, ice, maybe: Snow and ice melting at record speed
From April to June, more than 80 percent of the Northern Hemisphere's snow cover melted away -- one of the most rapid shifts on record.
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U.S. won’t fund a massive coal plant in Vietnam
After Obama's climate pledge, is the Export-Import Bank finally changing its stance on fossil fuel projects?
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Dozens of new oil rigs planned for Gulf of Mexico
The number of gas and oil rigs drilling deeper than 1,000 feet in the Gulf is expected to nearly double during the next two years to 60.
