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‘Breakfast beer’ is part of this complete, worryingly alcoholic breakfast
The beer tastes like grapefruit and multigrain cereal. At least it’s not trying to taste like Lucky Charms.
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Some monster stole the single tree out of Portland’s two-foot-wide park
Someone stole the lone tree from Portland's Mill Ends Park, the smallest park in the world. A local cop vows that justice will be swift and severe.
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Climate change is making animals shrink
Animals worldwide cope with climate change by getting physically smaller, in a biological trend scientists call "adorbs."
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March is ‘Get Small’ month at Grist
Do massive, planetary-scale dilemmas look different at eye height? In March, we intend to find out, as we seek micro solutions to macro problems.
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Curtain kale: Farmers get jiggy with it to support local CSAs
What’s the matter, farmer? Down on your luck? Pick up a pitchfork -- or better yet, put on some knee socks and roller skates -- and do some interpretive dance.
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Schools across the U.S. will soon start teaching real climate science
Thanks to new science education standards, most of America's students will learn about climate change during science class.
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Superstorm Sandy aid dollars go to rebuilding in flood-prone areas
The vast majority of federal loans to rebuild in New York City and New Jersey post-Sandy are going to properties in flood zones.
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BUILD Act could make it easier to green toxic brownfields
A bipartisan Senate bill would help the EPA and local communities clean up contaminated sites -- good news for the economy and the environment.
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No Fracking, No Fracking Pipelines
Something is happening in the Delaware River watershed, something important and inspiring. Yesterday over 100 people from dozens of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware groups joined together in one of the most empowering actions I’ve been part of in a long time. For two and a half hours, led by Maya Van Rossom […]
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California town could require solar power on every new house
If the mayor gets his way, the desert town of Lancaster in Southern California would set a precedent for other sunny cities.
