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Even Congress is more popular than the oil and gas industry
A Gallup survey finds that literally every other industry is more popular than our friends in oil and gas.
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Texans putting their bodies on the line to stop Keystone pipeline
As TransCanada prepares to begin construction on the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, a brave crew of Lone Star State residents gears up to block it.
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A correction to our article about Paul Ryan
Apparently, the letter we presented yesterday showing a Paul Ryan request for stimulus funds was forged, since he says he never asked for stimulus funds.
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Natural-gas well explosion near Denver kills one, injures three
The explosion appears to have been from a pressure build-up, as opposed to combustion.
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Dallas will spray pesticides to quash West Nile outbreak
Residents have expressed concern, but spraying in other areas has not caused major problems.
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Agenda 21: Everything you need to know about the secret U.N. plot, in one comic
Some Republicans and Tea Partiers want you to think that Agenda 21 is just your typical stealth campaign of “extreme environmentalism.” But when you’re finished reading the latest in Grist’s series, The Basics, you’ll be terrified.
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These are probably the coolest-looking clouds you’ll ever see
Fair warning: Looking at these photos might make you want to be a cloudologist.
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A helpful compendium of all of the recent stories about our friend the drought
Given all of the news stories about the drought, we figured a handy index was in order. Please print out and carry with you.
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Polar bears are dying of zebra herpes
There’s a well-known doctor saying: “When you hear hoofbeats in Central Park, don’t expect zebras.” The idea is that the symptoms you’re looking at probably don’t indicate a super-rare disease, even if you Googled them and Dr. Internet told you that you definitely have pernicious porphyria or whatever. But apparently that’s off the table for […]
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This Auto-Tuned tribute to Five Guys will make you want a fast food burger
Of course, you only eat organic CSA vegetables, beef you’ve been introduced to by name, and pork hand-reared by a little girl named Fern. But if you want to make a small anthropological study of how people who enjoy chain-restaurant burgers feel about perfectly cooked fries and bacon, well … here, for your enjoyment, is a […]
