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How extreme weather supersizes global food price tags
A new Oxfam report argues that previous research grossly underestimates future food prices by ignoring the impact of severe weather shocks to the global food system.
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Purse full of wine is so classy it hurts
If you are the type of Classy Lady who drinks wine, you don’t want to have to wait until you take the wine out of the special wine gift bag […]
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Space shuttle’s final journey will kill 400 trees
Space shuttle Endeavour has never been the greenest of projects — I mean, consider how much gas it takes to circle the planet 4,600 times. Sure, blah blah the majesty of the […]
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The futility of climatespotting: No matter what he says, Obama can’t make big moves on climate
Climate hawks have been reduced to "climatespotting," counting the number of times "climate change" is uttered by a politician. Given political gridlock, it's a pointless exercise.
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Mean Tasmanian devils get cancer; nice ones don’t
In the epic songs that Tasmanian devils sing in the future (assuming that Tasmanian devils can sing, and that there are any left to sing epic songs), this period will […]
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This dog saves whales by sniffing their poo
Back in elementary school, it kind of always felt like grown-ups were outsourcing the job of protecting the world’s cetaceans to us kids. You’ve got money AND cars; why don’t […]
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This site tells you how to save the world exactly like your favorite celebrities
Imagine if you suddenly got famous and really rich, and you had no idea what other rich and famous people did with their money. Imagine the sleepless nights, as the […]
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Short awesome video explains why oil companies suck to people who already know
This nifty/depressing video explains how yes, technically, there’s more oil, but the financial and environmental costs of reaching it make it so that it really might as well not exist.
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Fruits of old: Chicago gears up for an urban heirloom fruit orchard
Urban orchards are the new staple of second-wave urban agriculture. Now Chicago is upping the ante with one geared entirely toward heirloom varieties of fruit.
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Melon madness: How my food waste obsession took over my weekend
What do you do when someone brings a dozen melons to a family holiday getaway? If you're worried about preventing food waste, you get creative. Very creative.
