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Tiny, adorable “dwarf” foxes rescued from extinction
Island foxes managed to make “one of the fastest recoveries of any endangered species ever," Treehugger says. Here's how they did it.
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Bike til it hertz: College kids spin out campus electricity
Middlebury College students have turned their stationary bikes into miniature power plants. A spin on one of these rides will teach you not to take electricity for granted.
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Where greenhouse gases come from, in one graph
Check out this cool graphic that shows where climate pollution comes from, by source and sector.
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“Birthing with dolphins” is hopefully not the newest parenting craze
This couple plans to let dophins assist in their birthing process, and then probably immediately eat the baby. Don't trust dolphins.
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Coal is rebounding, natural gas prices are up, and the world’s oil cartel is quite content
Times are good for the merchants of fossil fuels, with coal and natural gas prices on the rise and OPEC crowing about high demand for oil.
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Christie to Climate: Drop Dead
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie received widespread praise for his determined, and anti-partisan, work to aid his citizens in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy. But when it comes to protecting his state against future extreme weather assaults, Christie morphs into another know-nothing partisan. In an interview last week on NBC’s Today, Matt Lauer pressed Christie on […]
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Famous wolf pack has no wolf puppies, soon will have no wolves
The population of Isle Royale wolves has shrunk, so much so that now there’s only one signature Y chromosome in all the island’s wolves.
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Crappy solar panels threaten industry growth
The New York Times reports on a rise in defective solar panels. Experts blame the problems on cost-cutting Chinese firms.
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Walmart fined $82 million for dumping poisons
Walmart employees weren't trained on how to handle returned pesticides and other hazardous liquids, so they dumped them down drains and into the trash.
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Former EPA chief Lisa Jackson takes a job at Apple
Jackson will join the tech giant as vice president for environmental initiatives, to coordinate green activity across the company.
