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What the frack do we know? Not much, it turns out
A new report in the journal Science discovers there are a lot of things about fracking we don’t know. But since we've fracked half the country anyway, we're going to find out.
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Ag-gag bill chokes in Tennessee
Tennessee's Republican governor vetoed a bill that would have made it harder for animal activists to expose abuses by agricultural workers.
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Heady Colo. farmers plowing ahead with hemp farming
One Colorado farmer has planted the nation's first big industrial hemp crop in 60 years. Yes, it's still illegal.
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As climate change broils the Arctic, John Kerry apologizes
At Arctic Council meetings in Sweden, the secretary of state wants the world to know the U.S. is very sorry for all that it has done to destroy the ice.
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Deadly storms in Texas produce grapefruit-sized hail
As if deadly tornadoes weren't enough, Texas storms produced hailstones that have to be seen to be believed.
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Volunteers picked up 10 million pounds of beach trash last year, including 2,117,931 cigarette butts
That's the weight of 5,000 cars. It’s heavier than the Capitol dome.
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Orphaned polar bear finds home and roommate
That adorable polar bear orphaned in Alaska found a home at a Buffalo zoo.
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This house is designed to be eaten by plants
Italian architecture firm Act Romegialli designed this building to start as a little garden house, and then be gradually eaten by the garden.
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California might borrow $500 million from its climate fund
California's governor saw $500 million sitting around, waiting to be spent on climate projects, and decided it should probably be spent in other ways.
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People are so addicted to KFC that they’re willing to smuggle it across the Gaza border
So far, the delivery service, Yamama, has brought in 100 meals, according to the New York Times.
