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China’s pollution reaches Japan. Next stop: California
The record levels of soot pollution are making their way around the world, as air pollution tends to do.
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Meet the activists who think they can save the planet with porn
PETA's got nothing on Berlin NGO Fuck For Forest, which sells porn to buy threatened rainforest land.
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Super Bowl ad brawl: SodaStream does what Sierra Club can’t
Companies selling products that cut down on waste might end up leading the cultural push against overconsumption.
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Newly discovered bacterium poops gold
Everybody run out and get some Delftia acidovorans, so you can add to the emergency stash of precious metal that you keep under your basement stairs!
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This Colorado library lets patrons check out packets of seeds
Borrowers can't exactly grow seeds and return the exact same ones, but this library in Colorado has figured out a way around that fact of life.
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Barriers to Distributed Renewable Energy [slideshow]
The following presentation by ILSR Senior Researcher John Farrell examines the five major barriers to the expansion of community-based and conventional distributed renewable energy. The barriers range from the challenge of raising capital to forming a legal structure that allows for local ownership and for access to tax incentives. It also examines the uphill struggle against utility […]
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Americans spent 4 percent of household income on gas in 2012
Even though Americans are using less gas, we're paying more for it. And that's making oil companies rich.
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Another week, another oil tanker hijacking
Pirate attacks on oil tankers near Nigeria have increased dramatically.
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Oscar-nominated film shows you how to make guacamole out of household items
Don't eat this, but do watch it.
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Gigantic, beautiful sand drawings take hours to make and minutes to start washing away
Tony Plant's sand drawings are meant to be "left to nature and passersby."
