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These are by far the coolest shoes for animal lovers we’ve ever seen
How could we not love these animal-themed shoes, featuring favorite Grist List creatures like orcas, sharks, and elephants (plus non-animal Grist List faves like coffee and butts)? Well, I suppose we could not love them because they cost between $1,000 and $2,000 a pair. But man, if I ever come into money, some of it will be […]
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Chinese economic slowdown means less demand for American coal
China's economy is slowing down, and so is its steel industry, and so is the steel industry's demand for high-grade coal from Appalachia. That means plunging prices.
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The drought is so bad that the British have to eat ugly vegetables
"Knobbly carrots, wonky spuds, bent courgettes and discoloured cauliflowers" are all on the table.
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Umbra’s second helpings: Sweaters and the moths who love them
Is your fall cardigan supply looking worse for the wear? Read this. Umbra doesn't sweat the sweater stuff.
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Homeland Security breaks up cheese-smuggling ring
Cheese is expensive in Canada. Really expensive.
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This London butcher is selling fake human meat, and it is INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC
Just keep telling yourself "it's only animal meat that someone has lovingly sculpted into the shape of human meat." On second thought, that won't help at all.
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BP fined after it fails surprise spill-containment inspections
I'm sure you're stunned.
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High schoolers run a solar-powered treatment plant that will give clean water to 750 families in India
This solar-powered water treatment plant, which will make 1,300 gallons of clean water every day, is owned and operated by high school students.
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Southern sustainability: Asheville’s Maggie Ullman says her city is greener than you think
The manager of Asheville, N.C.’s sustainability office talks about her Twitter profile, making sustainability pay, and how her city is blowing Portland out of the water.
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Pork barrel spending: How Big Ag lobbyists use federal dollars to protect factory farms
A recent lawsuit accused the pork industry of using industry marketing or "checkoff" funds to keep pigs in factory farms.
