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Excuse me but there is a giant eyeball in space
This nebula is watching you, and it saw what you did, and it's pretty disgusted.
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Shell’s Alaska mishap has a big PR cost — and a big cost to taxpayers
The effort to recover Shell's grounded drilling rig off the coast of Alaska is being run by the oil company, but it's getting help from the Coast Guard.
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Vultures will eat your car
If they don’t eat it, they will at very least poop all over it.
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Supermarket is saving $80 million a year just by putting doors on its refrigerators
Vegetables sit out in open refrigerators at many grocery stores. A supermarket chain discovered it can save money and energy by simply adding doors.
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WATCH: Appalachian Kids Give Science Lesson to President Obama
Children in Appalachian coal mining communities are 42% more likely to be born with birth defects and have a life expectancy that is almost 5 years lower than the national average. As this short video shows, they understand why: Dozens of scientific studies have linked mountaintop removal coal mining to high rates of cancer and […]
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Leaked, useless report suggests fracking is fine for New Yorkers
The state is currently conducting a new, more thorough health review as it considers allowing fracking.
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Plastic bottle birdhouse is the most sickeningly adorable recycling ever
It's a birdhouse. It's recycled. It's so cute you'll spit.
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If you were affected by Sandy, these scientists want your dirt
If you live near Gowanus, Newtown Creek, or the Rockaways and dirt got into your house, get these guys your dirt so they can see how toxic it is.
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Congress extends farm bill, still manages to screw sustainable farmers
When Congress passed a nine-month farm bill extension as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations, it disappointed sustainable food advocates around the country.
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The Greenie Pig’s guide to a cleaner, more sustainable 2013
Grist’s green-living pioneer has spent the past year trying to be a little kinder to the planet. Interested in doing the same? Here are five simple guidelines.
