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Local elections in Washington state are big deal for coal industry and global climate
Enviros and the coal industry are paying close attention to a county council race that will determine whether a big coal-export terminal gets built.
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These giant hot-pink slugs live only on one mountaintop in Australia
Nice to know the '80s are still alive and kicking on at least one Australian mountaintop.
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This burger uses deep-fried lasagna for a bun, because why should food make any sense
This thing is a monster, an idea that trickled down from the whacked-out minds of fast-food executives back into a more upscale food culture.
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Illegal Monsanto GMO wheat found in Oregon
Monsanto tested a GMO wheat strain a decade ago but gave it up and never got it approved. Now it's invaded a field in Oregon, which could be bad news for America's wheat exporters.
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Strengthening the food chain: Farmers and workers unite, find power in numbers
The Farm Labor Reality Tour showed how a system that pits farmers and workers against each other can also unite them to work for common goals.
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Living with fire: Survival and stubbornness in California wildfire country
Susie Cagle’s family’s house burned to the ground in a 1977 wildfire. They rebuilt. She’s still trying to understand why.
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Bike culture: Not as white as you think
A new report spotlights a decade of rapid growth in biking among communities of color. Now it's time for infrastructure to catch up.
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New York is just going to print new infrastructure
It will only save, oh, about $3 billion.
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Secretary Jewell: Keep Our Coal in the Ground
Protesters called on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to “Keep Our Coal in the Ground” as the Department of Interior held a lease sale for 21.3 million tons of coal at the Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field office today. While the BLM called this a “competitive” coal lease, as usual only one company, Blue […]
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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.