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A shopping center tries to repel teens with the buzz of a powerful Mosquito
D.C.'s Gallery Place has gotten so fed up with teens lounging near the property that they've imported a device called the Mosquito to drive them off.
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To establish 'integrity,' Chipotle Grill needs to stand against farmworker abuse
Chipotle Grill won't live up to its "integrity" slogan until it stands with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers against slavery.
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China plays dirty with clean energy: a good thing?
China's been kicking our butt lately in the clean energy business. But they haven't exactly been playing fair. Now labor unions are screaming.
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The atrazine emails: Science with an attitude is still science
UC Berkeley professor Tyrone Hayes sent obscene emails to pesticide maker Syngenta's staff. But that doesn't invalidate his research on atrazine.
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Stupid goes viral: Climate Zombies in Iowa, Missouri, Utah, Vermont, and Washington
I'm tracking Climate Zombies: every Republican candidate for House, Senate, and Governor who claims that global warming is a hoax, doubts the science of climate change, and wants a new Dark Ages for America.
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Key steps on global warming need to be agreed in Mexico later this year
This December, 194 countries will be in Cancun, Mexico to continue negotiations on international efforts to address climate change. My colleagues and I are in Mexico City this week for a series of discussions with key government officials, NGOs, businesses, and members of the media so we’ve been reflecting on Cancun. The Cancun climate negotiation […]
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Our energy-gulping industrial food system revealed in eight bullet points
New York Times recently ran Stephen Budiansky's op-ed hailing the energy efficiency of the industrial food system. The reality is much more complex
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Needed: A 50-state strategy on climate
Low-population states often play host to one-issue activists hired by national campaigns. Local grassroots groups could yield much better results.
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Hundreds of bikes re-cycled into modern-day obelisk
The ancient Egyptians erected obelisks out of hundreds of pounds of stone. Modern Americans erect obelisks out of hundreds of bicycles. Check out whether they're compensating for something.
