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Twin sea otters floating around on their mom are the cutest, saddest thing you’ll see today
If you're a twin baby sea otter, you're really rare, really cute -- and really in danger.
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The biggest oversight in Obama’s climate plan is a doozy
It's coal! Obama plans to regulate carbon emissions from coal plants, but he's doing nothing to stop coal leasing on public lands or coal exports through the Northwest to China.
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Stop maligning the Flat Earth Society by saying it doesn’t believe in climate change
I hereby call this meeting of the Flat Earth Society to order. People, we have a problem on our hands ...
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How hard is it to integrate renewables into the grid?
In January, EEI said [PDF] that the incentives paid to renewable energy are going to jeopardize grid reliability and electricity costs. Many enviros have responded that this represents nothing more than the utility industry’s naked self interest. Who’s right? I’d suggest neither. The true problem with the EEI report, as I pointed out here, is […]
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This entire Buddhist temple complex is made from recycled beer bottles
If you start collecting Heineken and Chang beer bottles in 1984, you end up with a lot of bottles. Enough to build a complex of 20 buildings.
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Americans are more worried about North Korean nukes than climate change
A survey found that Americans are less likely than other people around the world to be concerned about global warming. But we do fret about Islamic terrorists, Iran, and North Korea.
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Dissolvable paper helmet is probably better than nothing
The Paper Pulp Helmet is a cheap, water-resistant shell of recycled newspaper that can be broken back down into paper pulp and reformed again and again.
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This is the cutest possible way to eat animals
These cute-as-hell dumplings allow you to harmlessly bite the head off a hedgehog. That's what you wanted, right?
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How Europe can help Obama achieve US climate targets
As the global leader of climate action, European governments want to know how President Obama’s major climate speech affects Europe – and particularly whether the actions he outlined can allow the United States to reach its commitment to reduce emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels (or even exceed that level). The big picture: Obama’s […]
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Thanks to this Spanish town, your car could one day run on poop
Let's break this down: Poopy water plus sunlight equals algae. Equals fuel in your tank. Magic!
