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Carly Fiorina hijacks field trip, leads pre-schoolers to anti-abortion rally
Parents were not happy.
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Leo DiCaprio wins award, pledges $15 million to the planet
He called out the "corporate greed of the coal, oil, and gas industries" in his acceptance speech for the Crystal Award.
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Koch brother resigns from museum board after calls from scientists
The billionaire polluter was on the American Museum of Natural History's board for 23 years. No more.
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My city banned plastic bags — now where am I supposed to recycle them?
A zealous city banned plastic bags -- then got rid of the bag-recycling bins too. Stuck with a bunch of bags, a reader asks advice maven Umbra Fisk how to handle the situation.
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These bacterial communities are heating up the desert
"Biocrusts" make their own sunscreen, absorbing sunlight and increasing soil surface temperatures.
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Climate deniers attack NASA scientist dying of cancer
Piers Sellers wrote about his diagnosis. Climate deniers went after him.
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Modern-day slavery and environmental devastation go hand in hand
There are 30 million enslaved people in the world today -- and they are often forced into work that harms the environment.
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Biodegradable robots? Not satisfied with stealing jobs, robots elbow in on death
A team of scientists are on a mission to fashion decomposable robots from bioplastic.
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This guy started an e-waste band, and it’s actually amazing
But that doesn't necessarily mean that you should, too.
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The real heroes of the Flint water crisis
It's not Hillary Clinton -- it's the people on the front lines.
