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Beyond chicken patties: How to improve school lunch without spending more
As kids go back to school this month, cafeteria expert Kate Adamick is working with parents and school administrators to rethink school lunch budgeting in radical new ways.
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New fuel-efficiency standards coming any day now — and not a day too soon
The Obama administration has delayed new standards for auto fuel efficiency -- but not for too long, we hope.
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Artist makes apple orchard into a giant living battery
Photographer Caleb Charland takes pictures of batteries made out of power sources like stacked coins, fruit, and vinegar. But maybe his most impressive trick was wiring up this apple-powered battery using fruit that was still on the tree.
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Four new ways climate activists can organize in an age of extreme weather
Climate chaos has kicked into high gear this summer. That means new opportunities for activists.
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Court strikes down major EPA air pollution rule
The decision from a D.C. appeals court is a victory for power generators, and a defeat for air-breathers.
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Hey, weather man: Where’s the climate coverage?
TV viewers want meteorologists to explain why their country's on fire. Will weathercasters embrace the responsibility when they meet this week at their annual conference?
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Carpooling bird hitches a ride on a moving vehicle
I always assumed that the reason normal, non-rich-people cars don’t have hood ornaments is that a) tiny car sculptures are not for plebeians and b) Bart Simpson might steal them. […]
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Life-Saving Cross-State Air Pollution Protections in Jeopardy After Court Ruling
Today, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution protection (PDF), which sought to protect Americans from dangerous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. The […]
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Coal train derails in Maryland, killing two
The derailment occurred just west of Baltimore.
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Todd Akin is a moron on climate change too
Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate in Missouri, is not only fundamentally deluded about the basic facts of women's reproductive systems. He's also fundamentally deluded about the basic facts of climate change.
