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Arkansas town in lockdown after oil spill nightmare
ExxonMobil has instated something like martial law in Mayflower, Ark., taking control of cleanup and wildlife rescue operations while keeping residents, activists, and reporters at bay.
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Withering drought still plaguing half of America
New figures show large swathes of the U.S. remain in the grip of drought, with worse to come.
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American kids still pretty lead-poisoned
More than half a million kids under 5 are suffering from high blood lead levels, according to the CDC.
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Meet Roy Blunt, the senator from Missouri — and Monsanto
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). The "Mo." doesn't stand for Monsanto -- we think.
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New culprit in sea-level rise: Pretty Arctic clouds
Common clouds over the Arctic are being blamed for the much faster-than-expected rate at which Greenland's ice sheets melted last summer.
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We really want to live in this floating Finnish village — and thanks to climate change, we’ll eventually have to
They're building some energy efficient floating condos in a little town in Finland. Maybe we will learn Finnish and retire to one and drink aquavit forever.
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National Review heralds the ‘wonderland’ of tar sands with a photo of a blighted hellscape
This cover literally looks like a Photoshop someone mocked up to make everyone on the masthead look like asses.
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Zappos CEO wants to lure Las Vegas residents out of their cars
The idea? Help people give up the headache of auto ownership by turning transportation into a service.
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Make an awesome kid’s bike by ruining an IKEA stool
If you put it together right, IKEA's Frosta is a simple stool. If you put it together wrong, it's a cute kid-sized bicycle.
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Something smells bad in New Orleans (more than usual)
A chemical smell like burning rubber has overwhelmed New Orleans. The area is surrounded by gas and oil plants and wells, but nobody can figure out what's causing the stink.
