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Mesmerizing animation shows a full day of Earth’s weather patterns
The images come from NASA GOES-14 satellite, which monitors weather for NOAA.
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GMO-free ingredients are tough to round up in the U.S.
Consumers want GMO-free products, but food manufacturers are having an exceptionally difficult time finding ingredients that haven't had their genes tinkered with.
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This poignant film will make you fall in love with cicadas
Turns out ooey gooey cicada babies are pretty cute, huh?
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Climate change thaws out 400-year-old plants
Scientists have found plants that have been chilling out under glaciers for about four centuries -- plants that, now that they're out from under the ice, have decided to start growing again.
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Minnesota’s New (Standard Offer) Solar Energy Standard
A friend at Fresh Energy generously called me the “architect” of Minnesota’s new solar energy standard (signed last week), and although that may be a bit generous, I’d like to provide a detailed description of the nation’s newest solar energy standard. The topline: 1.5% solar standard for the state’s investor-owned utilities (with some exemptions) for […]
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Cat learns to talk, chooses to only say “Al Gore”
This cat does an impression of what right-wingers think environmentalists sound like.
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Organic beer: Here to stay, or barley there?
In our recent guide to sustainable beer, we dismissed organic beer as a minor concern. We revisit it to learn we only barely tapped the keg.
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Fukushima meltdown’s latest victims: American uranium jobs
The feds are shutting down a Kentucky facility that enriches uranium as the world shies away from nuclear power.
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Chesapeake oil? Offshore drilling pushed by Virginia lawmakers
Terry McAuliffe opposed drilling when he last ran for governor of Virginia. Then he lost and Deepwater Horizon happened. Now he's running again as a drilling fan.
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Ernest Moniz and the Growing No-Fracking Movement
It is very unfortunate that Ernest Moniz, the new Energy Secretary, is, like Barack Obama, an “all of the above” energy guy. In his first week in office last week, he said some good things publicly about energy efficiency and solar, wind and geothermal energy. The problem, however, is that Moniz is a big supporter […]
