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Mad Rush: Limbaugh claims solar and wind industries don’t exist
Rush Limbaugh declares that the multi-billion-dollar solar and wind industries simply don't exist.
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Oh, no big deal, just a LIVE PENGUIN CAM
SeaWorld San Diego set up a live cam starring 300 penguins.
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Now you can buy a prefab IKEA house
Oregon architecture firm ideabox is producing this prefab tiny house, which comes pre-installed with IKEA cabinets, flooring, and closets. The “activ” house is about 750 square feet and costs $86,500, and you can pick the color scheme of IKEA accoutrements that you prefer. And unlike most IKEA stuff, it doesn’t come flat-packed and there’s no […]
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School lunches still contain ‘pink slime’
For those among you who really miss the “pink slime” content of McDonald’s hamburgers and Taco Bell’s … everything, you can still get your fix of the ammonia-doused meat product, made of leftover, fatty trimmings. Where, you ask, can I find this abomination? According to The Daily, you can find it in your child’s school […]
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Batteries could make power grid unnecessary in some countries
Aquion specializes in making large batteries, cheaply. They don’t look like much -- they live in a former TV factory outside Pittsburgh, and you'll probably never buy any of their products.
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A road made of crushed toilets
"Poticrete" is what Bellingham, Washington is calling their new road material, which incorporates ground-up toilets. Clever!
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Why less arctic ice means more mercury in your babies
Thin sea ice leads to a "bromine explosion" that turns gaseous mercury in the atmosphere into a toxic pollutant that falls on snow, land and ice and can accumulate in fish.
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Critical List: Lorax tops box office; climate change worsened Texas drought
Grist is not so keen on the movie version of The Lorax, but the rest of the country is, apparently: The movie topped box offices this weekends. In Illinois, two cars crashed into a major oil pipeline, shutting it down. BP’s going to pay $7.8 billion to settle Deepwater Horizon claims, according to a settlement […]
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Beyond ‘ruin porn’: Film gives farm’s-eye view of Detroit
The documentary Urban Roots shows us a new view of Detroit through the eyes of its dedicated urban farmers.
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New Agtivist: Bryant Terry is inspiring his community to eat better
With his third cookbook, The Inspired Vegan, this chef and food justice advocate is reintroducing communities of color to the traditional foods that will keep them healthy.
