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Code green: Nerds for Nature pairs techies and enviros to hack the planet
The group Nerds for Nature is innovating the fight against climate change -- just by getting technologists and environmentalists talking.
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More wildfires = more warming = more wildfires
Scientists are scared of the link between bigger wildfires and the rapid thawing of northern permafrost.
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Leaked EPA document raises questions about fracking pollution
The EPA doesn't seem very interested in finding out whether fracking pollutes groundwater, according to a report in the L.A. Times.
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Anti-Keystone activists keep the heat on
Some marched 100 miles in a Walk for Our Grandchildren. Some got arrested protesting the Keystone pipeline. All are part of a big climate activism push this summer.
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Grow your own delicious bugs for snacks
The U.N. thinks you should eat more bugs, and University of Applied Arts graduate Katharina Unger is making it easy to grow them at home with her project Farm 432.
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Flood, rebuild, repeat: Are we ready for a Superstorm Sandy every other year?
Why we pretend the next storm won't happen -- and flush billions in disaster relief down the drain.
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Orange you ready for a tall glass of GMOs?
An insect-spread disease is wiping out orange crops. Gene splicing might help in the short term, but it won't make Big Ag more sustainable or resilient.
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Tech-savvy fox steals cellphone, sends texts
A fox stole a Norwegian teen's phone and started texting his friends. The phone still hasn't been recovered, so the fox is probably up to at least level 18 of Angry Birds now.
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Herbicides linked to farmer depression
A study of more than 700 French farmers and farmworkers found that those who used herbicides were more than twice as likely to suffer from depression.
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Goldman Sachs says coal-export terminals are a bad investment
Goldman Sachs says the market for coal exports is slowing and related infrastructure projects, like those planned for the U.S. Northwest, "will struggle to earn a positive return."
