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The greenest Fourth of July
Fireworks displays are powered by fossil fuels and chemicals. Luckily, nature offers a captivating green alternative: lightning bugs.
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How to put solar panels on your roof, even if you don’t have a roof
A bill advancing through the California legislature would make it easy for anyone who pays a utility bill to become a solar customer.
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Media ignore climate change in reporting on wildfires
Only 3 percent of reports on Western wildfires by major TV and print outlets mention climate change, according to a new report by Media Matters.
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Ultimate green car drops your carbon footprint to zero, by killing you
The Onion shares a really innovative green breakthrough: The Prius Solution kills you with a spike as soon as you get in.
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Do fireworks kill birds?
An illegal fireworks display in Arkansas killed up to 5,000 red-winged blackbirds, but is that sort of carnage likely to happen where you live?
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List of presidents’ favorite foods is surprisingly fascinating
I would not expect a list of favorite White House breakfasts, lunches, and dinners to be all that interesting, but Sarah Marshall has posted one on The Awl and it’s actually endlessly entertaining. Here’s some of what we learned: Some presidents favored exactly the food you’d expect (George W. Bush: “grilled cheese sandwiches made with […]
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Artist turns abandoned home into human-sized dollhouse
Abandoned buildings tend to make a community feel sketchy, whether it’s an urban area or the town of Sinclair, Manitoba, Canada. So when artist Heather Benning found this dilapidated farmhouse in 2005, she set to work turning it into a 1 to 1 scale dollhouse.
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Coal and China: Bad, but maybe not as bad as you think
China's been binging on coal, but that's not going to continue forever, says Michael Liebreich of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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Radiohead, Jude Law, and Greenpeace make a sad, sad polar bear video
Here are so many things that we like, all in one place.
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Tablet apps teach apes to write emails
Sometimes, when sitting with an iPad and raptly poking Uzu with your finger, you probably feel a little like an ape, admit it. That’s because a) you are basically just a smart ape and b) of course smart apes like touch screen tablets (heck, even lizards like them). And just like humans, the apes are […]
