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U.S. trees burned in British coal plants count as renewable energy. WTF?
The U.K. subsidizes the burning of American-grown wood in British coal power plants and somehow calls it "green." How can this be?
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After a sunny launch, NYC’s bikeshare hits a few bumps
The bright blue bikes of NYC's new bikeshare program wheeled a mind-boggling 13,768 miles on their first outing. Don't expect that to happen every day.
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John Kerry’s wishful thinking on climate change
John Kerry told Ethiopians that the U.S. is below the Kyoto Protocol's greenhouse gas emissions targets. Yay! Unfortunately, that's not true. Boo!
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Climate change adaptation: So simple, a caveman could do it
A new study suggests that climate change propelled our ancestors to greatness. Could anthropogenic climate change do the same for us?
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Winning the Climate Change Challenge
A few weeks ago, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii recorded CO2 levels in the atmosphere at almost 400 parts per million. Many scientists predicted that in reaching this level, we would see more intense storms (like Hurricanes Irene and Sandy); droughts (like the one suffocating the middle of the US for the past year); […]
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Amazon’s new headquarters will look like giant balls
Amazon's proposed new Seattle campus includes three glass domes filled with plants. Which sounds like an awesome place to work. But they also look a little ... well, you be the judge.
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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.
