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Giant flamingo orgy will soon take place in Africa
Conditions are right in an alkaline lake in Tanzania for flamingos to have a big breeding season. We are rooting for them.
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California’s most productive farmland is poisoning local residents
California Central Valley farming is taking a toll on the local groundwater and the poor residents who rely on it.
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World’s first 3D-printing photo booth produces a tiny model of you
Why get a boring two-dimensional photo taken, when you can print out a tiny perfect figurine for only $264?
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California will start selling carbon allowances tomorrow
They make great stocking stuffers, unlike coal.
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Scientists can use satellites to track how much raw sewage Sandy deposited in our waterways
Satellites are letting scientists know what happened to all the sewage from Hurricane Sandy. Which we need to know about, even though it's uh, crappy news.
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A Policy That Unlocks Community Renewable Energy
Net metering is a common distributed renewable energy policy in the United States, allowing individuals to “turn back” their meter (and reduce their electric bill) by generating on-site electricity. But utility accounting systems typically prevent people from sharing the output from a single, common “community” solar or wind project. Virtual (or group or neighborhood) net […]
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Biden’s buffoonery more newsworthy than climate change
The press devoted twice as much air time to Joe Biden's giggles than to climate change this election season.
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2012: Hot, costly, and ready for action (on climate change)
And it won't happen, because we're all about to get screwed.
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Canadian oil-sands driller aims to make nice with a stupid video game
Canadian oil-sands miner Syncrude has a little PR problem. So they made a video game where a buffalo tells everyone what a cool company they are.
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The Dutch may actually have TOO MANY bikes
The number of cyclists the country has created has outstripped the capacity of its infrastructure.
