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The Washington Post speaks the truth on climate change
The Washington Post has issued a clarion call on the importance of climate change. Even though it's not perfect, it's to be commended.
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Your next house could be made of pot
This North Carolina house is made of eco-friendly hemp-based bricks, and the company that makes them wants to start building a similar house in California. Throw in a natty hemp suit and Cheech and Chong’s marijuana-resin car, and you’ve got most of the recipe for an entirely pot-based suburban idyll.
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Ryan Gosling wants you to recycle
Hey girl, are you tired of the Ryan Gosling “hey girl” meme yet? Haha, LIAR. You’re not, and DoSomething.org knows you’re not, and that’s why they’re using Ryan’s handsome mug to get you to recycle.
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Denver zoo test-drives elephant-poop-powered vehicle
The Denver Zoo has to deal with a lot of waste. A good deal of that waste comes from visitors, but the zoo also produces hundreds of thousands of pounds of animal poo each year. Now, zoo engineers have found a positive use for it: They rigged up a poo-powered tuk-tuk. (A tuk-tuk is a […]
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This ocean climate model is downright hypnotic
Last year, a group of NASA scientists and animators put together this animation of the world’s ocean surface currents, based on ocean flow data for June 2005 to December 2007. The video starts over the Atlantic, and as the globe rotates, you can see the whorls and waves dancing across the ocean, the relative calm […]
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Slow ride: Buses are the new vehicles of youth rebellion
The experts tell us that driving has lost its cool for young Americans. Opinions vary as to why. We found an actual young person -- Grist’s own Claire Thompson -- to help explain.
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Critical List: Gulf of Mexico dolphins have serious health problems; tweeting from the ocean bottom
James Cameron hung out at the deepest point in the ocean yesterday — and tweeted about it. Dolphins that have been in living in the Gulf of Mexico have serious health problems — low body weight, liver and lung cancer — that scientists describe as “consistent with oil exposure.” Obama’s promoting an “all-of-the-above” energy plan, […]
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Farm bill fail: Is food policy headed back to the future?
If Congress can't pass a new farm bill by September, farm policy will default to a 1949 version of the bill that was constructed for a very different America.
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Ask Umbra: Are coffee cups recyclable?
A reader wonders why she can recycle milk and juice cartons, but not coffee cups. Umbra can hardly container self.
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Prevent furniture fires: Get the killer chemicals out of your couch
A new proposal would upgrade an outdated furniture flammability standard, replacing nasty fire retardants with healthy, eco-friendly products. Bonus: They’re actually better at preventing fires.
