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20,000 insane people have already applied to die on Mars
Don’t they know they’re all going to go crazy and kill each other?
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Just stick this portable outlet to your window to start using solar power
It is really simple. The socket attaches to a window like a leech to human skin. On its underside, it has solar panels.
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Anthony Foxx, Charlotte’s transit-friendly mayor, tapped to be transportation secretary
Foxx has improved public transit in Charlotte, N.C., starting a streetcar project and extending light rail, and he's installed electric-vehicle infrastructure.
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Adolph the unkillable tortoise survived snowstorms, fires, and Nazis
This is clearly a turtle who wants to live, despite the world's attempts to bring him down.
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Ask Umbra: Could dish soap make our family sick?
A reader wonders how to talk to her hardworking hubby about his poor choice of suds. Umbra dishes out some advice.
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Restoring a community garden in the Sandy-torn Rockaways
Hurricane Sandy destroyed the Seagirt Boulevard Community Garden. Now, a group of volunteers is working hard to rebuild this important green fixture.
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Hunger Strike on 27th Day
As I write this Brian Eister is on the 27th day of a water-only climate hunger strike outside the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, D.C. The only thing he has consumed since April 1st is water, sodium and potassium. Brian’s latest posts on his website, http://www.1future.net, report on both his continuing resolve but also the […]
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Bike sharing goes global
More than 500 cities in 49 countries now boast bikeshares. It's the fastest-growing mode of transport in history.
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New Solar Farm Shows Clean Energy Can Be Compatible with Conservation Values
Today the Sierra Club welcomes the Antelope Valley Solar Projects in California, one of the largest planned solar projects in the U.S., as developer SunPower and owner MidAmerican Solar marked the start of major construction. The Sierra Club endorsed the project early on because it was planned and sited in a way that protected local […]
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San Francisco and 10 other cities move toward dumping stocks in fossil-fuel companies
A divestment campaign pushed by 350.org is spreading from colleges to cities. Boulder, Colo., Eugene, Ore., and Ithaca, N.Y. are also on board.
