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Cool off with your very own portable A/C unit, you jerk
The Zero Breeze might help you chill -- but it'll warm up the planet.
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Container ship, here’s what you’ve been missing all your life: An enormous sail
Installing wind devices could cut container ship fuel use by more than 10 percent, according to one expert.
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If you think technology has no place in the national parks, think again
From smartphones to webcams, technology could help us understand — and appreciate — parks in the coming century.
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Obama creates whole new national monument to celebrate National Park System’s 100th birthday
Adding to the 265 million acres he's protected in his administration.
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Lesbian farmers are taking over the country, if you believe Rush Limbaugh
The frothy-mouthed radio personality painted a dystopian picture of our agricultural future on his show last week. (Actually, it sounds OK.)
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People of color are fans of national parks, despite obstacles that keep them out
Only 57 percent had ever set foot in the parks, but 85 percent want more of them -- especially in cities.
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Why some enviros are cheering the death of a solar project
A coalition of local residents, businesses, and even National Park Service officials opposed the proposed project near the Mojave.
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Antarctica is about to lose a chunk of ice the size of Delaware
It could destabilize one of the continent's largest ice shelves.
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Climate activists arrested while protesting offshore drilling
As Obama toured the flooding damage in Louisiana, activists called out "climate injustice" in New Orleans.
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There’s a new mega-pipeline in town. Here’s why it has so many protesters in the trenches.
A court battle is one of the last obstacles remaining in Dakota Access' way.
