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Talking the talk on the environment doesn’t equal walking the walk
People who advocate green behavior are not more likely to engage in it, according to new research in Hungary. How you think America is doing is a glass-half-full sort of question.
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This drought ain’t the Dust Bowl, but it ain’t good
The current drought is devastating agriculture, but it's not as bad as the Dust Bowl. Not that "this isn't the worst thing ever" is cause for optimism.
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The U.S. is the most environmentally sustainable country in the world, except all the others
The annual Greendex places the U.S. in dead-last in sustainability and near dead-last in giving a shit about it.
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Brazilian inmates can reduce their sentence by providing human-powered electricity
Brazil is pioneering a new sort of jailhouse workout, in which inmates ride bikes instead of pumping iron. The bikes, unlike weightlifting or prison-yard basketball, help power a nearby town.
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USA: No. 1 in air conditioning use — but not for long
Air conditioning consumes an enormous amount of power – and is becoming far more popular internationally.
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Blowing in the right direction: Two big wind projects are moving forward
A wind project in Wyoming and another off the coast of New England will help us transition to a future without coal.
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White House has been ‘timid’ on regulating fracking, says former White House lawyer
Jody Freeman argues in The New York Times that the Obama administration "has been timid about calling for a stronger federal role" in regulating fracking.
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Win-win: Ancient fungus that ended coal formation could boost biofuel production
Genomics researchers have stumbled upon an incredible discovery: The same ancestral fungus that ended coal formation millennia ago may now be able to boost bioenergy production.
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Stunning map shows 100 years of earthquake data
This image is the work of data visualizer Josh Nelson, and it represents over 100 years of earthquake data, from 1898 to 2003 — 203,186 quakes that rated 4 or higher on the Richter scale.
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What those extreme temperatures look like on the ground
Roads buckling, farmers fainting, air-conditioners going kaput, and Instagram going down -- all effects of the scorching weather.