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Proposed CA law: Bike at your own risk
Bike advocates say the law would apply even "if you get hit by a drunk city employee."
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Skocpol cap-and-trade report
Been wondering what's up with Theda Skocpol's climate-bill report you've been hearing about? Here's the deal.
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Fly to Mars in a spaceship made of poop
A rich dude wants to send people to Mars. They're going to give them a nice poop shield though, so they won't die.
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Peak What? Ask Barbie and Mickey Mouse
Peak Oil is the concept that new discoveries of commercially exploitable oil resources do not keep pace with growing demand. By extrapolating the data, you can estimate when we will run out of it for all practical purposes. There are a lot of disagreements about whether we have reached Peak Oil or when the downhill […]
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Volcanoes are keeping the planet from boiling over — for now
Pollution from volcanoes has been reflecting heat away from Earth, slowing global warming, a new study suggests.
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Coca-Cola-funded study: ‘People get fat because of, uh, literally anything besides soda’
It's because ladies don't do enough housework! Yeah, that's the ticket!
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NYT, WaPo cut back environment coverage, since we’re not worried about that anymore
The New York Times kills its environment blog and the Washington Post reassigns its crack climate reporter to cover politics. Apparently there’s just not much news on the environment front these days.
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Public surprisingly OK with government policies that push healthy eating
Americans overwhelming support policies like banning big sodas and subsidizing fruits and veggies, according to a new poll.
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Don’t try to get anything done in D.C., even driving
D.C. has the worst gridlock. Twice over.
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Knock it off, NYT: In defense of James Hansen and other climate hawks
NASA's top climate scientist weathers a public slam from the NYT's Joe Nocera, and the Maldives' Mohamed Nasheed gets arrested on trumped-up charges.
