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Pinnacles in California named as 59th national park
But under Obama, far, far less land has been protected than under other recent presidents -- even George W. Bush.
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German neo-Nazis take to organic farming
Environmentalism is not necessarily Green.
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Climate change set to make America hotter, drier, and more disaster-prone
The National Climate Assessment, released in draft form on Friday, provides the fullest picture to date of the real-time effects of climate change on U.S. life.
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Fixing a broken gas tax could fix broken roads
Gas tax income is falling as cars get more efficient. Can drivers stand to be taxed per mile driven instead?
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Shell gets massive, involuntary aid package from Alaska, U.S. Coast Guard, and you
Here's how many resources the state and Coast Guard used to help rescue the Kulluk -- and how they'll try to get repaid.
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Can fed-up Oregon organic farmers get a GMO ban on the ballot?
A measure on the 2014 ballot would give voters the opportunity to outlaw the farming of GM crops in Southern Oregon.
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Silicon Valley’s ‘unbuilt Manhattan’ is best left unbuilt
Ken Layne at The Awl calls for razing Silicon Valley's suburban hellscape in favor of denser development, but that's not the right way to remake the Bay Area.
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Friday music blogging: The best of 2012
As longtime readers know, every year I compile a two-CD mix of the year’s best music. I’ve been doing it since 2000, which shows, among other things, that I’m 1,000 years old. This year’s mix is done and ready to go. If you’re interested, go check it out. It was an excellent year for music, […]
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Hilarious talking porcupine is wearing a party hat, also possibly drunk
I think this is what it's like to live in Narnia.
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Stephen Hawking will now be studying apocalyptic robots
Stephen Hawking has joined the Cambridge Project for Existential Risk, a group that tries to outsmart our eventual destruction at the hands of forces we are not imaginative enough to even anticipate.
