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Wolves are no longer endangered, so go kill some wolves
Lifting the animals' endangered status is more popular among people who like to shoot things than people who are generally opposed to shooting things.
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What runners can teach us about sustainability
Today in the U.S., we have a “sprint culture” -- an addiction to speed and quick rewards. We need to slow down and begin to find a rhythm for a long-distance run.
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Photos: See ya later, lovely glaciers
A new book by photographer James Balog captures in vivid color just what’s at stake as climate change erodes ice in some of the world’s most extreme places.
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Fracking and the road to a clean energy future
Geophysicist Mark Zoback says natural gas squeezed from shale can be a crucial and clean(ish) short-term energy fix -- if we’re careful about how we get it.
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Apple’s massive solar farm looks kind of awesome from the air
Apple is building a giant solar farm to power a data center in North Carolina, and GigaOM has aerial shots that show just how huge it is. The pictures were taken by North Carolina television station WCNC-TV. At 100 acres, this is going to be the world’s largest privately owned solar panel farm — you […]
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U.S. exit signs use as much power as West Virginia
The country's 100 million lighted exit signs use 30 to 35 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity every year
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Expect a colder winter thanks to Arctic ice melt
The journal Nature rounds up what we should expect from this year's unprecedented Arctic ice melt.
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After 99 years and one revolution, Death Valley is the hottest place on Earth
The World Meteorological Organization voted to restore a 1913 record for the hottest temperature ever recorded.
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On natural gas, green groups can’t make up their minds
The natural gas boom has big green groups wrestling with whether to support regulated gas extraction as a cleaner alternative to coal.
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On Sept. 11, 2012, the Times asks: Is New York ready for disaster?
What is New York City doing to prevent disasters brought on by climate change and rising seas? Not enough so far.
