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E.U. car efficiency info may be more ‘creative’ than accurate
A new report shows how European car manufacturers game fuel-efficiency tests.
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Big Sugar could get a big government bailout
The USDA is thinking about bailing out poor sugar companies -- or make that rich sugar companies. Is it time to Occupy Big Sugar?
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U.N. to poor people: Sorry, pollution and warming will hit you hardest
Hey, here's another U.N. Human Development Report with terrible news about the planet.
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Weird worm that looks like a penis may be an evolutionary missing link
It's not a fossilized dong; it's a significant paleontological discovery. That happens to LOOK like a fossilized dong.
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Pipeline struck by tug still burning, yards away from oil-laden barge
South of New Orleans, a tugboat pushed an oil barge into a pipeline area where shipping is banned, and the resulting fire is still blazing.
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Pro-Keystone XL Senate bill follows pattern of following the oil money
Once again, a group of Senators, spearheaded by Hoeven and Baucus, has released a new bill to push for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. And, following the clear pattern set by their colleagues, the co-sponsors of this new bill have enjoyed massive contributions from the fossil fuel industry.
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Extreme weather and GMO crops devastate monarch butterfly migration
The monarch butterfly migration to Mexico dropped by 59 percent in two years.
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Watch a pine marten turn a soccer game into a Wild Kingdom episode
A pine marten bit a soccer player. We know what a soccer player is, but WTF is a pine marten, other than something that bites them?
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This site lets you alert other dumpster divers to the best curbside treasures
You know what we're talking about. The dressers, the couches, the chairs, the books, the records, the lumber -- the stuff that makes you think "I want that! But I'm not going to bother picking it up right now!"
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Wind power is poised to kick nuclear’s ass
Wind energy is becoming so cheap it could force nuclear power plants to shutter, analysts say.
