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Global warming is causing flying squirrels to engage in miscegenation
The northern flying squirrel and the southern flying squirrel are beginning to mate. It might be because of climate change. Or maybe they're just really attracted to each other.
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Fort Collins, Colo., passes fracking ban; state and gas industry threaten to sue
The Fort Collins City Council voted to ban fracking within city limits. Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper says the move is illegal and the state will sue.
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These beautiful landscapes are actually piles of trash
Artist Yao Lu's works look like classical Chinese landscape paintings, but they're really photographs of landfill garbage covered in construction netting.
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This soccer ball generates energy while you play
Soccer is a cool, continental sport. Now it is also green, thanks to this energy-generating soccer ball.
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Learning from the cap-and-trade debate
The author of a much-discussed report on failed climate legislation reflects on what she's learned, and what activists need to do next.
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The children: Why a generation is putting itself on the line for the climate
How do you decide that change is worth risking arrest? Three student activists talk about their public motivations and private fears.
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WA state legislator doesn’t understand CO2, transportation, science
Rep. Ed Orcutt sends a testy note to a bike shop owner, claims cyclists are a significant cause of CO2 pollution.
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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.
