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This pop-up solar station looks like Optimus Prime, goes anywhere, and has wifi
The Ecos Powercube brings energy, water, and communications to remote places without using fossil fuels -- all packed into a shipping container.
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Everything we know about neonic pesticides is awful
A review of more than 800 scientific papers has painted a terrifying picture of the ecosystem-wide impacts of neonicotinoids.
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Open-source seeds: While they spread shoots, they plant ideas
"Linux For Lettuce," a writer's account of the movement to counter seed patents with open source licenses, gets to the root of a growing problem.
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Put your spare change to good use with crowdfunded science
Experiment.com turns your money into clean air or a human-powered space shuttle or studies on fracking's health effects, among other things.
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Fracking chemicals could mess with your hormones
Chemicals commonly used by frackers can have negative effects on the thyroid and other bodily systems, new research suggests.
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How to not lose your shirt when the climate goes bust
Mike Bloomberg, Tom Steyer, and Hank Paulson give the thinking businessperson a handy guide to how bad climate change is for business -- and how urgently we must act.
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Organic farming is so much harder than just getting stoned and picking tomatoes
"A Farm Dies Once a Year" offers an unretouched look at growing up on an iconic organic farm -- along with some hope for the movement's future.
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Cargo ships carry a lot of climate baggage
The shipping industry must make huge cuts in CO2 emissions in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
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How we can fight back against herbicide-resistant superweeds
Roundup is losing potency as weeds evolve resistance. Seed companies want to move to other herbicides. Is farming stuck in a spray-rinse-repeat cycle?
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Nebraska utility is phasing out some coal units, and it won’t cost that much
The Omaha Public Power District announced that it will retire three coal units in the next two years -- thanks to public opinion and new regs.
