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Life-Saving Cross-State Air Pollution Protections in Jeopardy After Court Ruling

Today, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution protection (PDF), which sought to protect Americans from dangerous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. The protection would have reduced life-threatening soot and smog pollution from power plants in 28 states and helped curb poor air quality days and respiratory illnesses […]

This robot has the most swagger of any robot you’ve seen

Yeah, I think I’m comfortable with this country’s research funding going towards developing android swaggerbots. As far as I’m concerned, this could be DARPA’s greatest achievement since the internet.

2012: Fewest tornadoes, least ice, most acres burned

In the climate Olympics, we're all winners! If by winners you don't mean anything positive.

Glow-in-the-dark solar bikes = rad

If anyone hits you while you are riding this bike, provided you are still alive, you would be totally within your rights to scream at them, "Are you blind?"

Coal train derails in Maryland, killing two

The derailment occurred just west of Baltimore.

Starbucks is turning leftover scones and coffee grounds into useful stuff like plastic

The company is hoping they can come up with something a little more creative and sustainable than the current plan of incineration, composting, or disposal.

Amid drought, farmers flood social media

Parched farmers are using Twitter as a social-media-style rain gauge, a help line, and an open channel to their urban customers.

Five reasons to shop at thrift stores

An endless quest for the latest fashion trends is money-draining, space-consuming, wasteful, and takes a toll on the environment. Here's why a shift to thrift is worth it.

Feed 9 billion people? We can do that, but it’s not going to be pretty

Stanford biology professor Peter Vitousek says that our population bomb doesn't need to cause an all-out apocalypse.

Todd Akin is a moron on climate change too

Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate in Missouri, is not only fundamentally deluded about the basic facts of women's reproductive systems. He's also fundamentally deluded about the basic facts of climate change.