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The cutest, most incredibly depressing animated film you’ll see today
This would be a good way to explain to your children why we're doomed as a species.
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Parrots have different favorite bands, but all of them hate dance music
Parrots actually like certain kinds of music more than they like others. But none of them like Prodigy. Smart birds.
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Chilling effect: How warmer winters could ruin fruit
Warmer temperatures and less predictable weather can make for confused trees and less fruit. Here's why.
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10, 9, 8, 7 … Counting down the most popular Grist stories of 2012
Rescued ducks, a crime scene involving a 3,500-year-old tree, and 40 million McMansions that nobody wants -- these are the things you were reading about last year when you should have been studying up on cap-and-trade and carbon taxes.
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The hottest race of 2013: House climate hawk Markey is gunning for Kerry’s Senate seat
Ed Markey looks likely to be the Democratic nominee in a Massachusetts special election, and Scott Brown looks likely to be his GOP opponent.
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Wind-energy tax credit would get extension under ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
It appears that a deal in the works to avert the fiscal cliff would extend a critical tax credit for the wind-power industry for one year.
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Street scenes: 12 great cities stories from 2012
From street artists to Martin Luther King, and gun violence to our odd, sometimes nonsensical obsession with Jane Jacobs -- these are our favorite city-related stories from the past year.
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Kansas City is making millions by using municipal sewer sludge to fertilize a farm
Last year the city used 9,982 tons of sewer sludge fertilizer on 1,340 acres of corn and soybean crops.
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Single people aren’t as good at recycling as couples are
While 79 percent of mixed-sex couples recycle, only 65 percent of single people do.
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It’s a sports dome and a hurricane shelter all in one
Twenty-eight double-duty domes are going up along the Texas Gulf Coast thanks to funding from FEMA.
