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100-year-old chestnut tree composes its own concert and light show
A tree in Berlin is the unlikely but cool source of a spontaneous concert.
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Dispatch from Ohio, land of public markets and urban farms
Our correspondent visits the annual Public Market Conference in Cleveland and discovers an inspiring urban farm.
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Can you survive the backroads — and backcountry — without processed foods?
On a mission to eat only real foods, our fearless green-living pioneer braves convenience stores and mountain picnic spots -- and lives to tell the tale.
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NIMBY to the max: Building helipads to stop wind turbines
Some residents of a Michigan town have a novel strategy to prevent the construction of wind turbines: building helicopter pads.
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Senate exempts U.S. airlines from E.U. emissions plan, pretends action is green
That sensation you feel in your nether regions is blown smoke.
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Google Maps now lets you walk around on the ocean floor
Google Maps and the Catlin Seaview Survey have provided you with panoramic ocean floor vistas, because you didn't want to get any work done anyway, right?
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A carbon tax could bring down the deficit, if it weren’t a pipe dream
A $20 per ton carbon tax in the U.S. could reduce the budget deficit by 50 percent over 10 years, according to the Congressional Research Service. But it ain't gonna happen.
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Carpe climate: House Dems seize extreme summer to attack GOP
Reps. Waxman and Markey released a study connecting extreme weather to climate change -- and faulting the GOP for inaction.
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Donald Trump is having methane release problems
Donald Trump, who is an obnoxious idiot, is building a golf course in the South Bronx. And like its owner, the property emits unhealthy levels of gas.
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Impossibly beautiful photographs of Iceland’s volcanic rivers
With landscapes like these, taken by photographer Andre Ermolaev, it's no wonder Icelanders believe in magic.
