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Could ‘peer progressives’ turn the climate around?
In his new book, "Future Perfect," Steven Johnson finds inspiration in internet-style collaboration. But what about the planet?
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Teeny rescued Brooklyn owl is totally fine, everyone!
"Owl Jolson" has been nursed back to health and released into the wild.
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The Fierce Urgency of Now
“We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now…. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: ’Too late’.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. […]
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World Nuclear Electricity Generation Down 5 Percent Since 2006
By J. Matthew Roney World nuclear electricity-generating capacity has been essentially flat since 2007 and is likely to fall as plants retire faster than new ones are built. In fact, […]
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Massive Crowds Turning Out to Oppose Coal Exports
“It’s not our job in the Northwest to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dying fossil fuel industry.” That’s what a former West Virginian, who now lives in Oregon, told federal […]
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This 15-year-old is fighting to keep flame-retardant chemical out of Gatorade
Sarah Kavanagh is 15, a vegetarian, and a resident of Hattiesburg, Miss. She also sometimes drinks Gatorade.
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Watch a baby hippo learn how to eat
Aw, look at her trying to figure out why hippo food pellets look so unappetizing!
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This 40-foot Christmas tree is made of 40,000 recycled plastic bottles
Kaunas, Lithuania killed two turtledoves with one stone: no trees had to die, and a lot of trash found a new life.
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Hot tip: It’s hard to mount a camera onto a shark
Brb, going to catch a shark, control it, and get in the water with it. No bigs.
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Now someone is trying to sell human-poop coffee
Joke? Not a joke? What avid, Portland-dwelling Grist List reader wants to respond to this ad and find out?
