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There’s not gonna be a carbon tax
Lots of people are talking about carbon taxes now, but without House Republican support it won't happen. David Roberts explains why climate hawks should cool their jets.
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Fart-eating underpants could do a lot for air pollution
Pretty soon we won't even have to bathe. We'll just walk around in our odor-absorbing clothes, giggling to ourselves that no one knows how disgusting we are.
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President Obama on climate change: We’ll see
At his first press conference in months, the president was asked about climate change. His answer wasn't terribly inspiring.
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CDC warns about rampant, dangerous use of antibiotics on livestock
Factory farms' overuse of antibiotics is threatening the efficacy of the drugs on humans.
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Williams-Sonoma’s ‘Agrarian’ products take pretentious and self-satisfied to new heights
DIY the shit out of your life. Simultaneously inform all potential friends and suitors that you're annoying and probably just talk about food all the time.
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This is what climate change sounds like
Artist Andrea Polli takes scientific data and spins it into music. The effect, she hopes, is more powerful than anything you’ll get from a bar chart.
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Airbnb has a new tool that tells you which neighborhoods you’ll actually enjoy
It’s a lot more accurate than guidebooks are.
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Algae biofuel hits (a few) West Coast gas stations
A handful of California and Washington fueling stations are selling biofuel made with algae oil. Could cellulosic biofuels be far behind?
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How you can help clean energy eat Big Oil’s lunch
Activists are pushing for divestment from dirty energy companies. Let's couple that with investments in community-owned, small-scale renewables.
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Budweiser provided canned water for Sandy victims
This was particularly nice of them because it's so easy to make water jokes about their beer.
