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The government is engineering cyborg spy animals (really)
Science writer Emily Anthes has a new book out that covers all the ways we're tinkering with animals and turning them into cyborgs, ready to obey our every whim.
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Obama to require climate assessments for big projects like highways and pipelines
Federal agencies will soon have to consider climate change impacts when they do environmental impact assessments.
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Standing Up for Clean Water When States Won’t
Imagine that you’ve grown up in a beautiful, hilly countryside near many streams where you played and fished as a child. Now, years later, you can’t even let your own kids or grandkids play in those same waterways because of pollution from a nearby mountaintop-removal coal mine. Such is the reality for thousands of people […]
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Photos of a lightning storm in a volcano will blow your mind
Did you know that volcanic eruptions can sometimes generate lightning? Well, they can, and it's spectacular.
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Chicago tackles the next big challenge in urban ag: Growing farmers
City officials unveil plans to create a new generation of growers who will turn thousands of vacant lots into Chicago's bread baskets.
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Shark dies in L.A. pool while filming a commercial, miraculously has no cocaine in system
A shark meant for a Kmart commercial died in an above-ground pool in Van Nuys, in Los Angeles. Not a dignified way to go.
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Living la vida vegan: My month of saying good-bye to delicious animals
Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, has given up all things animal for a whole month. Why? She’s curious. Also a little nuts.
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Are municipal utilities more resilient during disasters?
Proponents say publicly owned utilities would better respond to superstorm super-outages. Oh, they also tend to be cheaper.
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The push for local control over energy makes the NYT
The New York Times hits on an important trend: cities like Boulder, Colo., trying to wrest control of their power systems from privately owned utilities.
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U.S. to help Pacific islands cope with climate change
Every time you turn on a light bulb, you're helping to sink a Pacific island. At least USAID is trying to help a bit.
