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Invasive pythons have eaten literally everything in Everglades
In the Everglades, recent counts reveal that 88 percent of bobcats, 99 percent of raccoons and opossums, and effectively 100 percent of rabbits and foxes have simply disappeared from the park.
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House Republicans’ transportation bill contains zero good policy
House Republicans are going to unveil their transportation bill today, and it is expected to have a ton of backwards ideas in it. These include: Spending more money on highways than anything else Encouraging private companies to expand highways and charge for the use of those lanes Funding highway work through oil and gas drilling […]
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What corporate logos does a 5-year-old know?
This video, in which a 5-year-old rattles off corporate logos while sounding exactly like Marcel the Shell, is simultaneously adorable and sobering.
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Cacti can clean up poisonous soils
Here are a few things you do with a prickly pear cactus: Get poked. Turn its fruit into jam. Use it to clean up dangerous concentrations of selenium in arid California lands. In California’s San Joaquin Valley, a long history of artificial irrigation has impregnated the soil with selenium. In small quantities, selenium is beneficial […]
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When did vegetarianism become passe?
Sustainable meat is all the rage these days, but vegetarians shouldn't be cowed (ahem) by carnivorous hipsters: A veg diet is still a big winner for the environment.
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Watch a rabbit herd sheep
Here's an adorable innovation for all you urban farmers out there.
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Critical List: Illinois installed the most wind turbines in 2011; Weathercasters aren’t climate scientists
Illinois installed the most new wind turbines in 2011. In five years, there could be 39 million “micro-hybrids” — cars that have a battery to increase cars’ efficiency, but that aren’t quite as awesome as Priuses or other full hybrids. Weather forecasters don’t understand climate science. Don’t believe them when they say climate change doesn’t […]
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New Agtivist: Colin Archipley is teaching soldiers to farm
This former Marine is part of the growing movement to fill the aging agriculture sector with returning soldiers who can benefit from focus, independence, and time outdoors.
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Energy bar-ista moves from reality TV to real food
Corey Rennell took what he learned as a contestant on a survivalist reality-TV show and packed it into the ultra-natural Core Meal bars he now sells.
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Rocky’s road: One of the country’s greenest mayors guns for the White House
Rocky Anderson is running for president, and the third item on his to-do list (after getting the money out of politics and pulling the United States out of foreign wars) is fighting climate change. How cool is that?
