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Oh no, there’s a dolphin stranded in the Gowanus Canal!

Get out of there, dolphin. You are not pollution. You are a dolphin.

Friday music blogging: The Wooden Sky

I had just gotten done compiling my best of 2012 music mix when I stumbled across the new album by The Wooden Sky, a band out of Toronto. (I’m telling you, good indie music is Canada’s greatest export. Way better than tar sands.) Now I feel bad, because this is one of the best things […]

McDonald’s new sustainable fish is — surprise! — not so sustainable

Fish McBites and Filet-O-Fish sandwiches are getting a stamp of approval from the Marine Stewardship Council, but they're not exactly green eats.

Solar power cheaper than coal: One company says it’s cracked the code

V3Solar claims its product will produce energy at a third of the cost of other solar power. If it's true -- a big if -- it could revolutionize distributed energy.

Congratulations to ExxonMobil, the new largest company in the world

Investors see a rosy future for this juggernaut, for some reason.

Nail-biting video of a guy trying to beat a train from station to station

Have you ever thought "man, I could run faster than this train is going?" Well, you couldn't. But this dude could.

It’s not truly cold in NYC until you can cross the East River on foot

This has happened in the past. Numerous times, in fact!

During the coldest week in decades, some Sandy-damaged homes still don’t have heat

That's one reason why New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says areas hardest hit by the storm should not be rebuilt in the same way.

Dung beetles use the stars for navigation

The insects have an uncanny ability to roll their dung balls in very straight lines, away from the dung heap where they collected the feces.

Beijing’s air is dirty for the same reason yours might be: Polluting neighbors

Air pollution isn't deterred by borders, which causes problems here in the U.S. and in China.