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8 things you should know about plastic in the ocean
Turns out, when it comes to plastic gunk in the ocean there are more questions than answers.
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Nissan just built a plug-in El Camino, and it hauls a lotta kale
Engineers have turned a Leaf into a redneck hippie’s dream car. We're calling it the El-ectric Camino.
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You’ll fall in love with this heart-shaped solar power plant
All solar farms are lovely, but this one will downright steal your heart.
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GMO-free cereal? Middle America shrugs
Cheerios has been touting its freedom from genetic modification for months now, but General Mills says the label has not goosed cereal sales.
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This giant wind farm would dwarf the Hoover Dam
The $8 billion complex would send electricity from Wyoming to the city of Los Angeles, making the Hoover Dam look like a middle school science project.
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Cargill promises to stop chopping down rainforests. This is huge.
The agribusiness giant signs a pledge to stop contributing to deforestation worldwide -- if they're successful, the reductions in carbon pollution are on par with taking all the cars in the world off the road.
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Your electric car isn’t making California’s air any cleaner
How California’s green-vehicle subsidies magnify the state’s income inequality problem.
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Funding evil lobbying group was “a mistake,” says Google
Google (might) stop funding ALEC, a notorious, Koch-funded outfit that pushes anti-climate and anti-clean-energy legislation.
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Why “get big” isn’t the answer for poor farmers around the globe
Here's why farms are getting smaller, not larger, in developing countries.
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Good news! There’s bad news for coal
The enemy of the human race takes a few hits.