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Plenty of work for pundits: U.S. adds jobs in July, but unemployment goes up
The country adds 163,000 new jobs, but the unemployment rate rises from 8.2 to 8.3 percent. Now everyone has something to argue about!
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Mixed blessings: A smaller Gulf dead zone offers less to celebrate than you’d think
This year's unusually small Gulf dead zone bucks the upward trend and will give aquatic life a chance to rebound. But it's no reason to breathe easy about nutrient runoff from agriculture.
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Umbra’s second helpings: Beer vs. wine
A reader wonders whether beer or wine deserves more green buzz. Umbra tips one back.
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The mother of all rides: Biking across America on the old Route 66
In "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck dubbed Route 66 “The Mother Road.” Now this long-abandoned cross-country byway gets a second life as an epic bike touring highway.
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Cincinnati bans fracking injection wells
The unanimous vote from the city council is a first for the state of Ohio.
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One brave warrior’s desperate leap to save a civilization
With a whiff of carbon in the air, Jim prepared for his suicide mission.
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Mitt Romney stops by Colorado to laugh about how he hates their jobs
Romney's announcement this week that he wants to end a key tax credit for wind power will not make him very popular.
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Antarctica used to be covered in palm trees, says study
A new study examining 50-million-year-old ice from Antarctica indicates that the continent used to be covered in warm-weather flora like palm trees. And hey, maybe it could be again if carbon dioxide levels get too high! By “too high” we’re talking about really high — CO2 concentrations in the early Eocene epoch, the time period […]
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Opposition to the Navy’s biofuel program just got a little more hypocritical
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) loves alternative fuels -- as long as they're made from fossil fuels.
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How did somebody steal half a million bees?
A beekeeper near Vancouver has reported the loss of 8,000 pounds of honey and 500,000 bees from one of his apiaries. Why would someone steal half a million bees? And how? Urban beekeeping is pretty hip right now so it’s the “how” we’re really stuck on. Here are our best theories: Filled beekeeper suits with […]
