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Updates from the Rio Earth Summit, day one
We'll keep this updated as announcements are made over the course of the day.
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Scientists create Facebook for great tits
We know that more people than like to admit it troll Facebook to check out ladies, but scientists have actually created a social network that they use for nothing but looking at tits. Our more astute and wildlife-oriented readers will have guessed that the tits scientists are ogling are wild great tits — a type […]
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Will the Senate make you inhale mercury? We find out today
The Senate is set to vote on a new regulation from the EPA. What does it all mean? We answer your questions.
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10 forgotten natural wonders you should see before you die
If you need to flesh out your bucket list, here are 10 natural wonders that usually get left off lists of old faithfuls like the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef.
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Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics?
A new campaign targets Trader Joe's, with an interest in prompting industry-wide change.
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17-year-old Kiwi shames world leaders into action at Rio
A few months ago, Brittany Trilford posted a homemade video of herself on YouTube, pleading with world leaders to save the planet. At Rio, she got the chance to deliver that speech in person, and the whole world was watching.
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First Vehicle to Home Power System in North America
A version of this article originally appeared at Consumer Energy Report Nissan issued a press release earlier this month to announce that Power Stream will be using the V2H system with its fleet of Leafs in Canada. This device acts as a charger and as a power inverter, allowing 4 hour charges instead of 8 […]
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Fire retardants are great at killing forest fires, fish
New rules governing the use of retardants are intended to prevent the sort of die-off seen in Oregon in 2002. But they aren't always the first priority.
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Give Solar Panels a Break
When I helped Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger create the Million Solar Roofs Initiative in California a few years ago, we designed it to stimulate mass production of solar panels to bring down cost. What we didn’t anticipate was that the building industry would crater around the same time and that unemployed roofers and electricians would find […]
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Urgent: Tell Your Senators to Protect Public Health – Don’t Roll Back EPA’s Mercury Standards
A big Senate vote this week will determine the fate of mercury safeguards that continue to garner overwhelming support from Americans nationwide. This past weekend the U.S. Conference of Mayors unanimously passed a resolution (PDF) supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) mercury pollution standards. This comes on the heels of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s letter […]
