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Chicken soup for the soil: Cleaning up toxic earth in Philadelphia [VIDEO]
This video follows an experimental soil-focused art project in Philadelphia with a goal of one day making contaminated "brownfields" safe to farm on.
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Pennsylvania gives Shell a sweet, crude deal
In order to convince the oil giant to open an ethane plant in the state Pennsylvania sweetens the pot with 1.65 billion pounds of sugar.
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Teaser: Ridin’ bikes with U.N. suits
Full story coming Monday. But here's a glimpse at what a very short bike ride with well-dressed UN envoys looks like.
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Climate change causes monster patch of microscopic plants in the Arctic
There aren’t supposed to be microscopic plants called phytoplankton blooming in the Arctic right now — usually that doesn’t happen until after the ice melts in the summer, i.e. months from now. But a research team has just discovered a huge, 60-mile-long, three-foot-thick slick of phytoplankton where no phytoplankton should be. It was “like finding […]
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Austin dims its lights, everyone + science wins
A city council decision to invest $15 million in efficient lighting is not only a smart move, it's part of a great tradition started in Silicon Valley.
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Protests temporarily delay opening Alabama forests to drilling
Key word there: temporarily.
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Possibly the best Humans of New York photo yet
I’ve mentioned before my abiding love for Humans of New York (HONY), photographer Brandon Stanton’s (entirely unpaid, as far as I know, unless you buy prints) mission to photograph New York’s infinitely visually arresting inhabitants. It’s an amazing love letter to the city, and to humanity in general. Stanton has taken over 3,500 photographs to […]
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Conspiracy of the day: American nonprofits oppose Canadian tar sands
Why on Earth would Americans care about environmental harm occurring in Canada? Obviously because they're up to something.
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Libya is overrun with locusts
Libya is maybe not in the most stable political situation right now. And don’t tell Ron Paul, but when the central government is out for the count, maintenance services tend to break down. One of the things that’s fallen by the wayside in this time of political turmoil? Pest control. Which means parts of Libya […]
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Smoke it if you’ve got it: DIY meat for locavores
Smoking your own meat is easier than it sounds -- even if don't own any of the fancy gear. Try this DIY technique.
