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A climate change fix conservatives can love
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer advocates for a tax on carbon-spewing companies -- an approach to climate action steeped in conservative economics.
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This new species of bug was originally discovered on Flickr
It’s not news that you can discover a lot of stuff on Flickr, if you have safe search turned off and you sort photos by “interestingness.” (Seriously, try it sometime.) […]
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Tick bites can make you deathly allergic to meat
If there weren’t enough reasons to be totally terrified and grossed out by ticks (they drop on your head from the trees, they suck your blood, they burrow into your […]
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Here’s what happens when water levels drop to scary lows
The hottest July in history means that wells in Missouri, the only source of water for some residents, are going dry.
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Floating island the size of New Jersey discovered in South Pacific
The New Zealand Navy discovered the 7,500-square-mile slab of buoyant rock, which an Australian officer described as "the weirdest thing I've seen in 18 years at sea."
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L.A. needs desert solar farms — but not everyone’s happy about it
As Los Angeles slowly phases out coal and some natural gas, solar parks in the deserts to the east are filling the energy void. But are they worth the potential local impacts?
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Could Minneapolis Get Cleaner Energy With a Utility Takeover?
As we spoke to legislators and activists roaming the halls of the State Capitol this past legislative session, it became increasingly clear that Xcel Energy and other utilities are calling […]
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Paul Ryan’s budget plan is very nice to Big Oil
Paul Ryan's proposed budget would keep Big Oil fat and happy while condemning the rest of us to high energy prices, job losses to other nations, and air pollution.
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Drink it in: Local residents score big wins for clean water
An infamous coal ash dump in West Virginia will close, and two other proposed mines will not be built -- all thanks to committed local volunteers.
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Earth community: Can knowledge of the universe make better environmentalists?
A multimedia education project hopes that telling the history of the universe and life on Earth will inspire us to work more effectively toward a sustainable future.
