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Rick Perry stumbles and mumbles as he tries to defend abstinence education [VIDEO]
"Abstinence works." That's Rick Perry's response to a question about why Texas is sticking with abstinence-only education despite its high teen pregnancy rate.
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Fat lady sings: Gore gears up for 24 hours of climate reality [VIDEO]
Al Gore is going big in his fight against climate deniers, with "24 Hours of Reality" on Sept. 14. Opera singing may or may not be involved.
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Asphalt to Ecosystems
Say you were abducted by aliens, flown around the galaxy, then finally dropped off in what appears to be an American town. There’s not a soul about. What kind of place is this? Are you among friends or are there going to be more of those ‘probes’? Then you notice a school. You walk closer. […]
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Chinese cheaters? How China dominates solar
Chinese companies overwhelm the solar manufacturing sector. Could they be using predatory pricing to squash the competition?
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Friday music blogging: Lloyd, with Andre 3000
I love when a good single drifts across my radar, and this new one from Lloyd (otherwise a pretty standard R&B crooner) is a gem.
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As waves lap at their doorsteps, Alaskan islanders take on climate polluters
In Christine Shearer's book "Kivalina: A Climate Change Story," a tiny community threatened by rising seas takes major coal and oil companies to court.
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Tar Sands Protest is like the War on Drugs
What I am about to say may be considered blasphemy: I think the tar sands protests are misguided and will not (should not) achieve their stated goal. Before you grab your sustainably harvested bamboo pitchforks, I should say that I want the protests and arrests to continue, because there could be a much greater win, […]
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Switching from coal to natural gas would accelerate climate change, say scientists
Here is a terrifying, crazy-making truth: Getting off coal will accelerate climate change, at least in the short term.
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Two good (and overlooked) ideas in Obama's jobs plan
David Roberts highlights two great ideas from Obama's jobs plan: greening schools and expanding job-sharing.
