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GAO adds climate change to list of fiscal risks to the government
Seems overdue, but this isn't the speediest government agency.
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This restaurant fines customers who waste food
It’s harsh, but this policy is both eco-friendly and humanitarian.
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World’s most expensive Starbucks drink cost almost $48
You can't really call this coffee -- although it does have a heart-stopping amount of caffeine in it.
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A third of North Dakota natural gas never makes it to market — which may be a good thing
While burning the gas at the wellsite costs the state and the gas company money, it's better than some alternatives.
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Wolves maybe became dogs by saying yes to delicious carbs
Dogs are dogs because they can digest carbs. Wolves are wolves because they can't.
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Knit together: Can collaborative fashion change the way we approach clothing?
Amy Twigger Holroyd wants to slow fashion down and empower people to make their own long-lasting, sharable clothing.
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Can Sally Jewell sell Obama on the value of the great outdoors?
Conservationists are tripping over themselves to praise Obama's nomination of the CEO of REI as the nation’s top land manager. Can she convince the president it's time to kick some ass?
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Read and take over: Occupying urban streets with guerrilla libraries
In New York, kiosks offer books outside Sandy-shuttered libraries, and in Oakland, a people's library is surviving on the sidewalk.
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Ambre Energy’s risky bet on US coal exports
It’s not a good time to be a coal industry executive in the US. Last year, wind power made up nearly half of all new installed electricity generation, and domestic coal use is on the decline year after year. With dimming prospects at home, companies are in a race to export US coal to foreign markets. Some of […]
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Obama’s threat to act unilaterally on climate change? Looking empty
Conversations with senior administration officials suggest that the threat doesn't have teeth -- and won't include regulations on old power plants.
