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Please do not shoot the world’s oldest wild bear
So 39 is now considered "old, old, old." Great. JUST GREAT.
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These women deliver food from farm to table by bike, in minutes
A vegan bicycle maker and two organic urban farmers walk into a bar … (Hint: Yep, it’s for real, and nope, it’s not in Portland.)
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No-drama Obama unveils series of modest, sensible steps on climate change
Obama's climate plan contains no sweeping, cathartic gestures, just a series of small, sensible steps. But small, sensible steps matter.
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Obama’s climate plan in 3 easy bullet points (and a few sub-bullet points)
We've got details on the president's climate action plan, which he unveiled in a speech on Tuesday. The big move: clamping down on coal power plants.
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Blame Canada: Greedy for oil money, the country is turning into a rogue petrostate
An unforgiving article in Foreign Policy magazine describes Prime Minister Stephen Harper's reckless pursuit of oil-sands wealth.
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Nuclear waste leaking at Hanford site in Washington, again
America's most contaminated nuclear site appears to have sprung another leak, just five miles from the Columbia River.
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FBI chases anti-GMO activists while ignoring Monsanto’s transgressions
Somebody uprooted GMO sugar beet plants, and the FBI is in hot pursuit. But it's not concerned about the illegal Monsanto GMO wheat that popped up in a field recently.
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EPA delays fracking safety study until 2016
The agency is investigating the risks posed to drinking water by fracking. It was supposed to be done in 2014, but now it says it'll be two years late.
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American Atlantis: Sea-level rise means Miami is doomed
A must-read piece in Rolling Stone says it's a question of when, not if, the sea will swallow Miami.
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Biodegradable bamboo car is like driving a lawn chair
It's lightweight, electric-powered, biodegradable, handcrafted, and probably makes you look like a bozo.
