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Could Massachusetts become the first state to impose a carbon tax?
Climate activists are pushing a state ballot measure that would tax carbon emissions from gasoline, heating oil, and other fossil fuels.
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For 10 bucks you can ensure you’ll never fall down or pick up germs on public transit
It's germ-free (or at least it only has your germs), portable, cheap, and always available. The only down side is that you look a little silly.
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Study links fracking to drinking water pollution
Water wells close to natural-gas operations in Pennsylvania were more likely than others to be contaminated with dissolved methane and other gases, researchers found.
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Obama: “We don’t have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society”
The good bits from Obama's climate speech and plan, from denier bashing to renewable energy goals.
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Watch a gorilla lose his cool with a bunch of bullying kids
We're enjoying this video in which jerky children get a well-deserved pants-peeing scare.
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What Obama’s Climate Announcement Means for Coal and Clean Energy
If you’re reading this post, then you are part of the last generation of people who will have the chance to stop runaway climate disruption. Coal-fired power plants are the nation’s single biggest source of the carbon pollution that threatens our kids’ future, and today President Obama made an announcement that puts us a big […]
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Doggie food truck trend refuses to die
Seven bucks on a treat for your pooch is NOTHING when you realize you get to scoop it up later, too.
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![U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about his vision to reduce carbon pollution while preparing the country for the impacts of climate change while at Georgetown University in Washington, June 25, 2013.]()
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Obama: I will only OK Keystone if it won’t significantly increase CO2 emissions
In his big climate speech, Obama says the Keystone XL pipeline won't be in the nation's interest if it markedly worsens climate pollution.
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Newly licensed pilot aims to cross the Atlantic in an electric airplane
The idea is to do what Charles Lindbergh did — but in an electric plane.
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We’re jealous we weren’t invited to this awesome abandoned subway station party
It was a two-hour event (with no bathrooms) where everyone was told to bring a candle, a flashlight, and 20 bucks, and kept in the dark about everything else.
