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Can bringing wetlands back to our coasts protect us from future megastorms?
Landscape architect Kevin Shanley says human-made marshes can act as buffers against storm surges, but will they be enough to save us from the rising seas?
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Major Norwegian Pension Fund Drops Tar Sands Investments
Citizens and community leaders converging this weekend in Northern Alberta for the annual “Tar Sands Healing Walk” will likely be quite happy with news that another major European financial institution is dropping their investments in Canada’s tar sands. Norwegian financial services giant, Storebrand, issued an update saying that the company has divested it’s financial interests […]
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Solar-powered sedan hits Dutch streets
Stella is a solar-powered prototype car with a range of 270 miles, room for four plus luggage -- and a steering wheel that swells and shrinks.
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Bacon burger on a bacon bun will completely gross you out
Bacon patty, bacon dressing, and bacon cheese on a bacon-infused bun ... because THAT's what the Founding Fathers had in mind.
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It’s Past Time to Confirm EPA Chief Nominee Gina McCarthy
Patience is wearing thin. For more than three months, Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency has been stuck in limbo due to procedural stalling tactics in the Senate. That’s why the Sierra Club has released two ads that target specific senators, asking them to be a part of the solution […]
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This cool graph of Instagrams shows the moment NYC blacked out during Sandy
As the storm gets serious, you can see a dark wedge that continues through time to 10:23 p.m. And at 10:23 there’s a sharp line -- that’s a power outage.
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U.K. throws party for world’s biggest offshore wind farm
In the Thames Estuary, 175 turbines are providing enough electricity to power nearly 500,000 homes.
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Biofuel program could invite giant grass invasion
American farmers can now start growing humongous 20-foot-tall grasses to produce biofuel under a federal clean energy program.
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Climb this building without ever leaving the ground
The artist commissioned to create this work, Leandro Erlich, has a thing for "spaces with fluid and unstable boundaries."
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This guy went on an insane run in 129-degree heat — dressed as Darth Vader
You underestimate the power of the dark side and a large Red Bull.
