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Watch an orca chase a shark out of the water
Orcas might be charismatic movie stars, but they are also killer whales. A family of beachgoers in New Zealand caught on film an orca fighting with a few sharks. One shark was so eager to get away from the whale that it beached itself in the shallow water. (That's the most interesting part of the footage, so if you've already seen Free Willy ten gazillion times, just fast-forward to 0:56.)
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Beautiful struggle: Martin Luther King and the fight for the environment
On the anniversary of King's birthday, we search for common ground between those who fight to save wild places, and those fighting for their lives in the cold city streets.
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Tragic death leads to energy conservation
Stray voltage can kill -- and it's costing the utility companies plenty.
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Cap-and-trade scheme for whaling to be almost as popular as the other kind
Scientists proposed in the journal Nature that one way to save whales is to allow people to hunt them.
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A look at the $175 in your compost
In 2009, U.S. consumers spent a whopping $32 billion on vegetables they bought, never ate, and ended up throwing away. And no, the solution is not to stop buying vegetables.
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How a 21-year-old ended up in India with a bag full of solar flashlights
Ximena Prugue didn't know anything about India before she went there to hand out solar flashlights. All she knew was that she wanted to make a difference.
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The age-old battle of goats versus tortoises
Before reading further in this post, ask yourself a question (and answer honestly): Which do you care about more, guiltless (if hungry) goats or the Galápagos Islands' giant tortoises?
If you answered goats, this post will make you sad.
Here was the situation on the Galápagos Islands of Española: a population of hundreds of thousands of tortoises had dwindled to a few thousand. As the tortoises' population decreased, the population of goats, introduced to the islands by humans, grew to tens of thousands. The goats were eating all of the islands' vegetation. It was not a good situation for the tortoises.
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Ask Umbra: Got any good green jokes?
A reader wonders if there are any funny environmental one-liners. Umbra yuks it up.
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Critical List: Sustainable energy for all; NOAA might change departments
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon launchedthe Sustainable Energy for All Initiative and called for the world to double its use of renewable energy by 2030. Climate change is joining evolution on the list of scientific topics that some schools won’t teach as science. China’s planning a huge offshore windfarm, its largest yet.
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Watch: David Roberts on ‘Up With Chris Hayes’
Grist's David Roberts holds forth on capitalism, politics, and more on MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes. Here's the full video.
