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Hagel suggests vague support for continued military use of biofuels
We read the tea leaves, since odds are that Hagel won't be asked about biofuels during his confirmation hearings.
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Professional athletes are spraying deer antler velvet into their mouths
There is a great kerfuffle in the sports world over a bunch of football players who have been taking performance-enhancing supplements containing extracts from deer antler velvet.
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NYC’s newest subway line is actually beginning to look like a subway
According to the available evidence, it might actually open one of these days. It might even actually be cool.
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Shell made a ‘disappointing’ $62 million in profit each day over the last three months
One reason that number was so very, very low was disappointing sales of tar-sands oil.
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Humans have already set in motion 69 feet of sea-level rise
Glaciologist Jason Box describes a post-warming world that you won’t even be able to recognize.
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Dirty laundry: How long can one woman go without washing her clothes?
In which Grist's green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, puts off wash day as long as possible. Oh, the things she'll do for the planet!
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Guacamole Sunday: A better name for the Super Bowl, or a crappy marketing campaign?
Central and South American growers are capitalizing on Americans' appetites for out-of-season avocados.
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Sen. Reid proposes chopping $4 billion in oil subsidies to help the economy
With damage from spending cuts already being seen, an end to oil subsidies would be welcome but nowhere near enough.
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BP’s federal penalty for the Gulf spill is final: $4 billion
Here's a little context for the "largest criminal penalty" in history.
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The cost of not using renewable energy
A new study finds that using up our fossil fuels now, making them less available in the future, imposes big costs down the line.
