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You’ll never eat crabs again: Barry Levinson’s eco-freakout ‘The Bay’
It’s the scariest movie ever made about tainted seafood -- and Levinson says it’s “85 percent real.”
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Madison may require food carts to offer vegetarian options
Meatless meals on wheels: Food carts in Madison, Wis., could be pushed to go greener.
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Sandy wipes out biggest beekeeping operation in New York City
Superstorm Sandy destroyed hives that were home to a million bees in Brooklyn, a blow to efforts to develop bees well-suited to New York City.
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Expect less seafood in Sandy’s wake
Post superstorm Sandy, you may see less fish on restaurant menus.
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Want the truth on clean coal? Ask a random dude on the phone
Science is cool and everything, but opinion, man, that's the important thing.
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Meghan McCain takes a stand for climate change, whips up a storm
The blogger's tweet about Sandy didn't exactly endear her to conservatives.
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Hawks vs. scolds: How ‘reverse tribalism’ affects climate communication
When connecting extreme weather to climate change, hawks are in a constant battle with scolds who tell them to tone it down. But storms like Sandy provide an opportunity to give the issue lasting cultural resonance.
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NASA warned New York about hurricane danger six years ago
Scientists told us a storm like Sandy would be catastrophic. When will we get better at dealing with long-range risks?
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Sandy makes New York’s East River even less appealing
Oil slicks have been spotted in the East River, but they're probably due to contaminants washing from land into water, not due to one big leak.
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This pumpkin is also a working Tetris game
Here's an all-natural (OK, 90 percent natural) video game that runs on AA batteries -- and, in an emergency, you can eat it when you're done.
