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How to power America with renewables on the cheap: Build a shit ton of wind and solar capacity
The U.S. could get virtually all of its electricity from clean sources by building a “seemingly excessive” amount of capacity, a new study finds.
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Keystone komics: The incredible, illustrated history of the Keystone XL oil pipeline
Ever wonder who cooked up the idea of digging up all of Canada’s tar sands and piping them across the continent? All of your questions are answered here, cartoon style.
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IMF says global subsidies to fossil fuels amount to $1.9 trillion a year … and that’s probably an underestimate
A new IMF study finds that global fossil fuel subsidies amount to $1.9 trillion a year. But the real truth could be more eye-popping yet.
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China’s finless porpoises are going extinct
In over 2,000 miles of the Yangtze river, the World Wildlife Fund found only 380 of these smiley critters.
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The EPA Must Protect Our Water From Coal Pollution
Here’s a pretty shocking fact: While many of us know that coal-fired power plants create significant air pollution, it turns out they’re one of our biggest water polluters, too. In fact, as we’ve developed technologies that take more toxins like mercury out of coal plant smokestacks, that pollution isn’t just disappearing. Much of it is […]
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Walmart is ‘crowdsourcing’ by getting customers to make its deliveries
We have a different buzzword for this plan: "cheaping out."
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What’s inside this squid? Oh my god, it’s a bomb!
A fisherman found a bomb in a squid. No. The squid is not OK.
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This video of a dolphin carrying her dead baby will make you cry and cry and cry
If you're already having a bad Thursday, DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO.
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America’s wildlife to get some moving help as climate changes
Plants, birds, fish, and other wildlife are on the march, looking for new homes as the climate changes. The Obama administration wants to help.
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American Bird Conservancy discovers four new bird species: Blue, teal, pink, and purple Peeps
The marshmallow Peep is the American Bird Conservancy's bird of the week, and ornithologists now recognize blue, teal, pink, and purple species.
