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Murray Energy employees write a clearly voluntary defense of their boss
Turns out that Robert Murray is basically the greatest American ever, so shut up.
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These college students figured out how to turn plastic bottles into water-conserving technology
They won a $100,000 prize for their plan to turn plastic bottles into toilets and rainwater harvesting containers.
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Leopard seals will eat you, even if you are very, very tiny
Congratulations, leopard seal: you are the scariest seal. Not like competition was stiff or anything.
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‘Hope’ and ‘pray’: New York subway’s defense against Sandy
"Hope" and "pray" Sandy doesn't flood the New York subway and its antiquated water pumps.
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One of the most polluted bodies of water in New York is flooding
Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal is already overflowing.
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Pretty much everyone evacuating Lower Manhattan lives on land we created
Writer Don Rogerson has noticed something interesting about Zone A in Lower Manhattan, an area that's been evacuated.
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Important public service announcement from coastal Delaware
An important announcement from journalist Brian Stelter, live-tweeting from the Delaware coast as Hurricane Sandy approaches.
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If New York’s carbon emissions were solid, they’d bury the Empire State Building within a day
In this visualization, each blue ball, 33 feet across, represents the metric ton of carbon dioxide gas released by the city every 0.58 seconds.