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Critical List: Australia floods break records; industrial agriculture is booming
Floods in Australia are rising to record levels. We told you Australia is screwed. Guys. GUYS! Mitt Romney also gave out renewable energy loans as governor of Massachusetts OMG WTF SOLYNDRA BRAIN EXPLODES. San Francisco is working to integrate electric bicycles into its car share service. Russian scientists have drilled a hole through two miles […]
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Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot
The new Republican bogeymen? Smart meters! Bike paths! Trains! (Wait, trains?) Yes, people, it’s all a nefarious United Nations plot, and the Republican National Committee is out to expose it.
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Scout’s honor: The push for sustainable cookies isn’t over yet
The efforts of two concerned scouts have finally led Girl Scouts USA to source the palm oil in their cookies sustainably. But the girls say the new policy still isn't enough.
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Gearhead’s lament: What’s to be done with last year’s skis?
Each year, skiers and snowboarders chuck mountains of old gear into the trash. One man wants to give our castoffs a second life.
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How does the rebound effect fit into the big picture on climate change?
Answering that question leads us into some deep waters, where we confront the climate policy dilemma that dare not speak its name: growth. Warning: It gets a little nerdy along the way.
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Will global warming ruin football in the South?
In a hotter world, watching and playing football outdoors in the South will be almost unbearable.
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The Gulf of Mexico’s seven-year oil spill
Whatever, BP; Taylor Energy Company was spilling oil in the Gulf of Mexico way before it went mainstream. A broken Taylor wellhead has been leaking as much as 4,000 gallons a day into the Gulf for the last seven years, according to a lawsuit filed by water conservation groups Apalachicola Riverkeeper and Waterkeepers Alliance.
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Here’s what the night sky ought to look like (i.e. AMAZING)
Here’s your nature porn for the day: a long exposure of the night sky over the aptly named Very Large Telescope array in Chile. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/36154212]
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Solar panels made out of grass clippings
An MIT scientist has developed a quick and dirty way to harness solar power using “anything green, even grass clippings.” So basically, solar panels made out of yard waste. This technology is way, way, way, way below the efficiency of commercial solar panels: It converts 0.1 percent of solar energy into power. Commercial solar panels […]
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MRSA MRSA me: Getting the facts about the superbug in pork
Confused about the latest science on antibiotic-resistant Staph bacteria found in grocery-store pork? So were we, until we spoke to expert Maryn McKenna.
