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Critical List: Perry not afraid to sound like an idiot; Koch Industries trading with Iran
"I'm not afraid to say I'm a skeptic about [climate change]." -- Rick Perry, ladies and gentlemen. So fearless.
A Bloomberg investigation found that Koch Industries has paid bribes to obtain contracts and sold Iran petrochemical equipment, in violation of the U.S. trade ban.
Trees are nice. Probably not a great idea to destroy them all.
If you have an electric toothbrush, extra-large fridge, laptop, iPad, iPhone, multiple flat screen TVs, a flat screen monitor, and god knows what else -- you're killing us here!
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Food Studies: Zombie worms and the ethics of consumption
Biodynamic agriculture may be sustainable and balanced, but it can also seem extremely brutal.
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Ask Umbra: Can I recycle my car seat?
A reader wonders what to do with an expired car seat. Umbra buckles down.
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Women’s rights are key to slowing population growth
The best way to slow growth is ensuring that people can make choices about childbearing. But fertility rates remain high where women's status is low.
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Women, population, and the age of the ‘Black Swan’
World population doubled in the last half-century to nearly 7 billion people. To address population growth, we need to advance and secure women's rights.
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The cold revolution: Ski bums unite to save our snow
The first generation of snow sports hot shots is looking for meaning, and they're finding it in the struggle to solve climate change.
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Population math explained: Growth rate is down, total is up [VIDEO]
Over the past 50 years, the growth rate of the global population has slowed, but our overall numbers keep going up and up. Check out video explainers.
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How Inhofe turns balloon animals into 'news'
Sen. James Inhofe blows so much hot air about climate change, he should work children's parties.
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Solyndra witch hunt halts world's largest residential solar project
The push to make government clean energy investments look bad after the Solyndra bankruptcy is hindering major job-creating solar projects development
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Friday music blogging: Noah & the Whale
Noah & the Whale is a UK indie-folk band. If you guessed what their name is about without googling, you may be a terminal hipster.
