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10 reasons a carbon tax is trickier than you think

A well-designed carbon tax would be a wonderful thing. But all carbon taxes are not created equal. Climate hawks should be aware of the pitfalls and perils on the road to a tax.

Friday music blogging: Bahamas

A few days ago I went to Seattle’s legendary Crocodile to see the band Milo Greene, which I have praised before here in FMB. They were good, but the big […]

Pacific Coast readies for climate superstorms to come

Dust Bowl Revisited

By Janet Larsen On October 18, 2012, the Associated Press reported that “a massive dust storm swirling reddish-brown clouds over northern Oklahoma triggered a multi-vehicle accident along a major interstate…forcing […]

This origami kayak folds to the size of a suitcase

I want one, and, for just $800 on Kickstarter, I can have one.

‘Bike taxidermy’ makes for the most eco-friendly hunting trophies ever

All the cool of taxidermy; no dead animals involved.

Ecuador’s dropping 22 tons of poison on the Galapagos to kill 180 million rats

The rats first came to the islands in the 1600s, aboard ships from far away, and on a steady diet of eggs and baby tortoises, lizards, snakes and now-endangered birds species, they multiplied.

Three battle plans for fixing climate in Obama’s second term

To charge ahead on climate action, Obama could follow one of these three paths to victory, ripped from military history.

Awesome Scottish guy dresses up as giraffe and does righteous stuff

A Scottish dude dresses up as a giraffe and does nice stuff for people. It sounds weird, but it also sounds kind of like a nice way to spend your time.

This octopus is so tiny that it snuck into the aquarium undetected

He lived there for nearly a year, secretly snacking on the aquarium's crabs, before being discovered.