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Five lessons on activism from a coal miner’s daughter
Teri Blanton has become a leader in the fight against mountaintop-removal coal mining. Along the way, she's learned lessons that any activist could benefit from.
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Climate change T-shirt is (almost) the star of London’s fashion week
Fashion Icon Vivienne Westwood vamps it up DIY style at London's fashion week. Does she care? Or is she just being mad trendy?
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Russia has secret diamond reserves worth one quadrillion dollars
Russia discovers diamonds, keeps them a secret, then finally tells everyone what great diamonds these are.
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This is the most beautiful snow art we’ve ever seen
Simon Beck walks around for days to create his fractal snow patterns, and they are astonishing.
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Bee boulevard: An urban corridor becomes a haven for native pollinators
By transforming a mile of parking strips into a corridor of pollinator-friendly gardens, Seattle's Pollinator Pathway reimagines the relationship between cities and nature.
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This is the world’s first liliger, and yes, it is magical
Kiara, born at a zoo in Siberia, is half lion and half half lion half tiger. It makes sense, honest. (Well, as much sense as lions and tigers having sex.)
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Republican Coal Bill: Just Another Attack on Public Health Protections
Not satisfied with already being known as the most anti-environmental House of Representatives in history, this week House Republicans are again attempting to gut fundamental health and environmental laws to […]
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Wasp named for Lady Gaga sparks nerdy outrage
This wasp is named after Lady Gaga, and fittingly, some people are mad about it.
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Increasing Pollution, Dwindling Options
The Food and Environmental Reporting Network released a striking report this week (Sept. 18) describing how industrial agriculture and climate change are fueling massive blooms of toxic algae: Blooms have closed lake […]
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Here is a video of a fire tornado, and it is exactly as scary as that sounds
One time I made a joke in a Grist List post about some new horrible form of weather, where I was like “ha ha, what’s next, FIRENADOS?” And then people […]
