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Anti-fracking activists hit a roadblock in Colorado
The secretary of state says two initiatives to crack down on fracking didn't get enough signatures to make the ballot. Activists disagree.
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What kind of liquor is best for the environment?
Advice columnist Umbra Fisk pours forth intelligence on rum, tequila, whiskey, vodka, and gin.
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Your favorite national park is about to get a lot hotter
By 2100, the climates of our parks may have shifted drastically.
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Americans love genetically modified mosquitoes much more than other GMOs
Why do Americans embrace some GMOs but reject others?
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The complicated science of organic food, in one awesome podcast
If you eat food, don't miss the latest episode of Science Vs.
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The warmer it gets, the more it snows in Antarctica. Huh?
Counterintuitively, a warmer planet means more snow on the Southern Continent. And that's a good thing.
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Trump’s campaign chief once ran a major climate research center
Twenty years before campaigning for a climate denier, Stephen Bannon had a different tune.
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See how Earth is fast approaching a red hot mess
This is a terrifyingly clear visualization of our warming planet.
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Celebrate National Women’s Equality Day by turning down the goddamn A/C
This is your annual reminder that we’re living in a man’s world — and we’re feeling it most at the office.
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Grover Norquist, conservative anti-tax crusader, goes to Burning Man — again
The D.C. insider feels right at home at the countercultural desert festival.