Welcome to 2014.

McDonald’s is shifting — really slowly — to sustainable beef:

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The White House gave climate deniers a smackdown!

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The first bookless, all-digital public library opened.

Bee theft is on the rise in the U.K. Apparently everyone wants bees!

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Canada’s no more interested in fixing the climate than the U.S. is.

A company is making vodka out of melted icebergs: