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Here is a video of a fire tornado, and it is exactly as scary as that sounds
One time I made a joke in a Grist List post about some new horrible form of weather, where I was like “ha ha, what’s next, FIRENADOS?” And then people on Twitter were like “um, firenados are reality” and I was like “WHAT I don’t want to live in the world anymore” but yup. Fire […]
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Study: Men recognize cars, women recognize birds
A Vanderbuilt University Study on gender and observational skills reveals strange facts about what men and women recognize.
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New Romney ad features miners forced to attend pro-Romney rally — without pay
The miners, employed by a subsidiary of Murray Energy, attended the required rally at the cost of a day's pay. But Romney used them in his ad anyway.
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This New Zealand river is officially a person
A river in New Zealand now has person hood status -- we're all so relieved, since everyone treats people great.
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Michigan’s Jennifer Granholm plugs fuel economy, Chevy Volt
The former governor of Michigan talks to Grist's Amanda Little about the auto-industry rescue, Detroit's move toward cleaner cars, and that doozy of a convention speech.
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Something’s (not very) fishy about the Atlantic Ocean [VIDEO]
Weird conditions off the New England coast have fishermen puzzled. Is this the face of global warming, or just the latest curveball from an unpredictable climate?
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Starbucks steps up for wind energy; Congress yawns
In a letter co-signed with 18 other companies, the coffee giant calls for keeping the wind production tax credit.
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Join us for a Twitter chat about green slime
Did toxic blue-green algae make your summer a bummer?
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Freaked-out climate scientists urge other freaked-out climate scientists to speak up, fight Man
Can we make the radical changes needed to stave off climate chaos? No, say scientists Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows, not "within orthodox political and economic constraints."
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Every Alaskan will receive $878 from the state this year, including opponents of socialism
The state's Permanent Fund ensures that government-owned oil and gas benefit every citizen.
