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Fishing teens in Florida spend two hours wrestling great white shark
Don't go charter fishing in Florida unless you're prepared to wrestle a shark. And lose.
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April is Happiness Month at Grist
Join us as we explore the compelling questions that lie at the intersection of Bliss and Green.
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How can we boost distributed solar and save utilities at the same time?
Distributed power threatens to send utilities into a death spiral. Naturally, they would like to slow it down. Is there any way for distributed energy and utilities to get along? Maybe!
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High-end European-style bike tracks — the next big thing in the hood?
They may seem like they've been dropped in from another planet, but supporters say velodromes give inner city kids a healthy pastime while helping build a vibrant urban cycling culture.
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Sally Jewell will now be your interior secretary
The Senate has given its OK to Obama's interior nominee, who's worked most recently as CEO of REI and who started her career as an oil engineer.
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Just, um, do it? Climate action, sponsored by Nike
The Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy coalition wants President Obama to see how expensive climate change can be.
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Coal-mining jobs on the rise under Obama
Despite industry claims of a war on coal, there have been 15.3 percent more coal-mining jobs on average under Obama than there were under Bush.
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Slingshot-based condom applicator definitely deserves a $100,000 grant
Jörg Sprave's condom gun is obviously the answer to giving safe sex more universal appeal.
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Changes on the horizon for California’s troubled Salton Sea?
New efforts to save the Salton Sea from ecological disaster are winding their way through the California state assembly.
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Using aging, retrofitted pipelines to ship oil — what could go wrong?
Decades-old pipelines have been quietly retrofitted to carry thick, corrosive petroleum products. Maybe it's time for a rethink.
