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Pikas: The cutest animal you may never see again [SLIDESHOW]

Is the pika America's cutest rodent? Think fast about that one, because global warming is herding it towards extinction. We've put together a slideshow, so you can get your fill of their cuddly little faces before it's too late.

‘Portlandia’ skewers your urban green lifestyle

Bikers, locavores, and just plain urbanites, quake in fear: Your lives are no longer safe from actually-funny satire.

'Road trains' can improve fuel efficiency — and driver downtime — by turning cars into conga lines

It's 2011, where's your self-driving car? With "road train" technology, now in development by Volvo, it could be the car you already own. Road trains, or platoons, create semi-autonomous conga lines of cars following one leader vehicle with a professional driver.

U.K. organic milk better for you than conventional, thanks to cows' grass-based diet

A peer-reviewed U.K. study found that organic milk delivers significantly higher levels of healthy fatty acids than does conventional milk. But the real difference stemmed from what the cows eat.

Climate denier GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain encourages you not to 'snuff your seed'

The man who might be the first to declare his candidacy for the 2012 GOP nomination for president thinks climate change is a crock. He also once recorded an almost Dada-esque radio spot that you *must* hear.

'Cracking the Carbon Code' — Can the movie be far behind?

Here it comes -- a shameless self-promotion for my new book, Cracking the Carbon Code: The Key to Sustainable Profits in the New Economy.

EPA vetoes massive mountaintop-removal mine — now buckle up for the backlash

In the wake of EPA's veto last week of the largest mountaintop-removal mine permit ever proposed in West Virginia, the grandstanding of West Virginia politicians and "sky is falling" rhetoric from the coal industry was not surprising. However, the immediate response of coal industry groups and West Virginia politicians to the news of EPA's action was a little different this time around.

California green job growth outstrips tired old brown economy

Many of these new green jobs are in traditional occupations that have now taken on an emerald tinge as they're applied to sustainable endeavors.

Federal solar tax credits rule out half of Americans

The difference between democratizing clean energy policies and the U.S. system can be illustrated with a look at the federal solar tax credit.

Sen. Scott Brown: Stand up for clean air, not polluters

A lot of people in Massachusetts suffer from asthma, the disease that makes it hard to breathe, sends kids gasping for breath to the emergency room and can saddle families with huge medical bills. In fact, estimates from the American Lung Association are that over 130,000 kids and nearly 500,000 adults in Massachusetts suffer from asthma.* One […]