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Crude oil made out of pig poo is totally going to save our bacon
One pig produces about eight pounds of manure a day. (Try not to think how many Reader’s Digests it might go through if it eliminated sitting on a toilet — you’ll just gross yourself out.) Anyway, that’s a lot of waste. But now, thanks to scientists at the University of Illinois, it might represent a […]
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Is your cup compostable — or biodegradable? And why does it matter again?
As more cities adopt municipal composting programs, the range of to-go ware made from bioplastics is expanding. Here's what you need to know about what's real, what's greenwashing, and why it matters.
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Save the median strip! Or, how to annoy E.O. Wilson
Emma Marris, author of "Rambunctious Garden," challenged noted conservationist E.O. Wilson by arguing that we should learn to value all types of nature -- human-altered places as well as pristine landscapes.
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Romney’s energy plan: How many times can you say ‘oil’?
Mentions of oil: 154. Mentions of climate: 0.
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SEC will require oil companies to disclose payments to foreign governments
The move, part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, should increase transparency around fossil-fuel projects overseas.
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U.S. sees worst West Nile outbreak in its history
A relatively high number of West Nile cases, particularly around Dallas, have made 2012 the worst year for the disease since it arrived in the U.S.
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Mixed blessing: U.S. power demand will stay flat for a while
We won't use the amount of electricity we thought we'd be using in 2019 until 2030, according to a new forecast.
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Out of room on the ground? Go build a house on top of a mall
No matter how much evidence we trot out about how dense living is superior, someone’s always going to demur because they want a big house with a big yard. And you can only get those in the suburbs, right? Well, not if you build them on top of other buildings, like this neighborhood on top […]
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10-year-old’s petition convinces Jamba Juice to stop using styrofoam
Fifth-grader Mia Hansen collected over 130,000 signatures, and the smoothie giant agreed to phase out styrofoam by 2013.
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We’ve already used a year’s worth of resources in 2012
Nice job sticking to your budget, humans.
