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Climate change could give you rabies
If rabid environmental activists don’t get their way, the rest of us might end up rabid too. This year’s drought is leading to a huge jump in rabies rates in stricken states, and climate change will only make it worse.
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Oh my god, hot-dog-stuffed-crust pizza, humans are no longer authorized to make food
What is wrong with all of you?
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Hot on the trail: Exploring parks threatened by climate change
Writer Mike Lanza wanted his kids to experience our national parks before climate change alters them forever. So he took his entire family on a year-long quest to visit our most endangered wild places.
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Solar ‘scandal’ upshot: China is dominating global solar market, for better or worse
Conservatives are going nuts about yet another "new Solyndra," but it's the same old story: cheap Chinese solar panels. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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New film about fracking stars Matt Damon, John Krasinski, and maybe you
Ryan Gosling may have saved a woman from a speeding car, but some of our other favorite stars are doing the next best thing: starring in an anti-fracking movie. Gus Van Sant is directing, and the cast includes Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, probably Hal Holbrook — and, if you can get to Pittsburgh […]
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Introducing Ethical Electric: A new utility that lets people choose clean power
Ethical Electric will provide 100 percent renewable electricity to its members, while also mobilizing them on progressive energy and climate action.
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Congressman brags about forcing vegetarians to ‘confess’
Has Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) ever met a vegetarian? They're not exactly secretive about it. It's like forcing people to "confess" that they're on the paleo diet. Spoiler alert: THEY WANT YOU TO KNOW.
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Presenting the largest rooftop farm … in the world!!!
In Brooklyn yesterday, BrightFarms announced that it would be building the largest rooftop farm … in the world!!! The New York-based company builds hydroponic greenhouse farms that are connected to supermarkets. The idea is to minimize transportation costs and time in the food system, delivering very local and very fresh food. The new farm is […]
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Processed red meat: The worst of two worlds
Eating red meat regularly is hard enough on the body, but recent science says that when that meat is processed it could raise one's chances of deadly disease significantly.
