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First class airline seats have nine times the climate impact of flying coach
It ain't all chocolate waterfalls and massages -- the World Bank finds flying first class uses way more fuel per person than flying coach.
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Batteries included: New wind turbines and solar panels come with built-in storage
Solar and wind systems need batteries to store power for when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing. But why have two devices when you could have just one?
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Stephen Colbert knows that New York City’s bikeshare is a scourge
Colbert gets in on the bicycle hating. And OMG just watch.
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These beautiful photos make New York’s subway expansion look like a fairytale cave
New York is building its first new subway line since 1932, and if these photos are to be believed, it will be a magical cave of wonders.
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Feds, Arkansas sue Exxon over tar-sands spill
The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas want to make sure ExxonMobil pays up and cleans up after its pipeline spill in Mayflower, Ark.
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Adorable comic strip asks, “What if climate change were just some douchebag living in your house?”
Climate change: the worst houseguest ever.
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Pipeline spills oil waste on more than 100 acres in Alberta
A five-year-old pipeline sprung a leak and spilled 2.5 million gallons of oily water, wiping out a wide swath of trees and vegetation -- and raising alarms yet again about pipeline safety.
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The Prozac in your pee makes fish anxious and aggressive
Fish are getting antisocial and even homicidal because antidepressants in our pee -- and improperly treated waste water -- are interfering with their brain development.
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Maine Town Tells Coal Plant to Clean Up Its Act
Every week it seems like yet another small town gets fed up with the coal industry and demands action. This week’s fantastic example comes from Eliot, Maine, where Tuesday night residents voted 906 to 560 to ask the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate dangerous sulfur dioxide pollution coming from the Schiller Station coal plant just […]
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Scary-funny parody site Kochify the News simulates a Koch-owned media
Ever wonder what a Koch-owned L.A. Times would look like? Hint: Jerry Brown is renamed Governor Moonbeam.
