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Awesome Scottish guy dresses up as giraffe and does righteous stuff
A Scottish dude dresses up as a giraffe and does nice stuff for people. It sounds weird, but it also sounds kind of like a nice way to spend your time.
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This octopus is so tiny that it snuck into the aquarium undetected
He lived there for nearly a year, secretly snacking on the aquarium's crabs, before being discovered.
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ExxonMobil would like a carbon tax. Barack Obama would not.
No, that's not backwards.
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Major coal company agrees to stop mountaintop-removal mining
Patriot Coal has agreed to a deal to stop mountaintop-removal mining, which the company says "will result in a reduction of our environmental footprint."
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Expect more farm-fresh food in school cafeterias, thanks to $4.5 million from USDA
The Department of Agriculture is doling out grants to build connections between schools and nearby farmers.
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One big step closer to ending mountaintop removal
One of Appalachia’s biggest coal companies is getting out of the mountaintop-removal business. In a landmark announcement, Patriot Coal, one of Appalachia’s three largest mountaintop removal companies, has signed a settlement agreement with the Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy committing to end its practice of large-scale surface mining in […]
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The latest dirty player in the Petraeus scandal: Coal
Coal has only a bit, bit, bit part -- but you shouldn't be surprised it turned up.
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People obsessed with proving yetis exist find yeti fur in a cave
Whatever. We'll believe it when we see a real yeti.
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Google’s clean energy investments near $1 billion
This week, Google announced that it’s putting $75 million into an Iowa wind farm, making for a total of $990 million invested in clean energy.
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This beekeeping donkey has his own beekeeper suit
Manuel Juraci is an unusually successful beekeeper because he has a donkey in a beekeeper suit.
