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The Keystone XL pipeline could create as many as 20 long-term jobs
Twenty. Two-zero. In other words, Keystone could be as big a job creator as an Applebee's.
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This sloth wants to give you a flower and hold your hand
Sometimes all it takes to make your day is a small gesture of kindness -- a smile, a hug, a little present -- from a sloth.
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Parody menu shows you all the food Guy Fieri wishes he could serve
Do you want a deep-fried snake with a printed-out picture of David Lee Roth stapled on it? Guy Fieri wants you to have one.
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In a blow to Republican rhetoric, China announces plan for a carbon tax
China's goal is to see carbon emissions 40 percent lower than 2005 levels by 2020.
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This car runs entirely on coffee, just like you
It's a vehicle powered on coffee. There's no annoying barista so you've got that going for you.
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Stick a fork in it: The American meat industry is ripe for a restart
The director of "American Meat" talks about the good food revolution, the rise of veganism, and why contemporary audiences aren't prepared for scenes from slaughterhouses.
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We Need Climate CHANGE
“The government can’t change the weather,” said Florida Senator Marco Rubio last week, describing his opposition to President Obama’s State of the Union call-to-action on climate change policy. Given the staggering costs of droughts, heat waves, and super storms, it would seem our political leaders would come quickly to some consensus on these seemingly urgent […]
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The success of London’s congestion charge, in three maps
Big drops in car use, big increases in public transit. What's not to love?
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How a City Can Get More Clean, Local Energy
Like many cities attempting to solve climate change at a local level, Minneapolis is finding the prospect more challenging that it may have imagined. The lion’s share of emissions (two-thirds in the case of Minneapolis) come from electricity and gas sold by two monopoly, corporate utilities. Minnesota’s state-level policy is helping: a renewable energy standard […]
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Why the fracking boom may actually be an economic bubble
The huge growth in fracking is not sustainable, in multiple senses of the word.
