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Watch volunteers plant 40 trees in 90 seconds
You've got a patch of parkland that needs new trees. You've got the tools to plant trees -- 40 of them. Ready … set … GO!
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Skiers and snowboarders to Obama: Save our snow!
Professional winter athletes plead with the president to cut carbon pollution and reject Keystone XL. They say our white winters depend on it.
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Panda three-way leads to big-time baby daddy drama
Pandas’ sex lives are way more dramatic than we ever accounted for.
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This guy recycled an old piano into an awesome musical bike
A musician in San Francisco made a bike and a piano into a piano bike. Now he has a better job than you.
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12-year-old’s letter halts forest-cutting construction project
If you want to build a housing project in Canada, don't let any literate, feisty 12-year-olds find out about it, or they'll stop you with a heartfelt letter.
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Finally, a positive consequence of climate change: More penguins!
Sure, global warming sucks -- unless you're an Adélie penguin. Then it's the best!
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Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, according to U.S. utilities
Rooftop solar panels and other distributed-energy tools will radically shake up the power sector, according to an unusually frank report from a utility trade group.
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Toxic algae is wiping out Florida’s manatees
At least 463 manatees have died in Florida so far this year, more than half because of a toxic red tide.
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North Carolina joins rush to protect animal abusers
It's the latest state to consider a bill that would crack down on animal rights activists who expose cruelty at factory farms and food processing plants.
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All U.S. nuclear reactors are too dangerous, says former nuke-safety chief
The 104 nuclear reactors in the U.S. have an unfixable safety flaw, according to Gregory Jaczko, former chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
