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The Gates Foundation just bought 50 gallons of fake poo
Bill Gates is into scat. His foundation is hard at work on a new space-age toilet, and to test the prototypes, it just bought 50 gallons of soybean-based fake feces […]
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Panama Canal to add a lane, massively reduce fuel used for shipping
A century after it opened, the Panama Canal is poised to remake cargo transport once again.
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The federal government wants to pay for your electric bicycle
Electric bikes and electric motorcycles are awesome. They help you go up hills. They help you reach your destination with a minimum of armpit sweat. And they do this while […]
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At Etsy, even the trash travels by bike
If this were a Portlandia sketch, you’d think it was too unrealistic.
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Colorado utility hits high of 57% wind power
Colorado's largest utility broke the national record for most power generated from wind on a day in April. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney still wants to screw the wind industry.
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Got $300? Buy a ride on a six-legged robot named Stompy
Stop fronting: You know perfectly well you want to ditch your car AND your bike and ride around town in a 10-foot, two-ton, six-legged robot. And if you donate to […]
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Japan bails out company behind Fukushima meltdown
A trillion yen bailout will allow the power company to clean up its mess. We're sure the Japanese people are thrilled about it.
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Disney’s building France an eco-retreat and we’re jealous
America and Europe may both be full of privileged white people, but nobody would mistake them for being culturally interchangeable. Case in point: In America, Disney makes amusement parks that […]
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One latte uses as much carbon as an entire year of dicking around on Facebook
As guilty pleasures go, Grist List is officially endorsing Facebook, and not just because it’s great for us when you share our funny-awesome-holyshit-cool stories with all your friends and they […]
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We just can’t quit these sustainable cowboys
The myth of the cowboy features a man who loves the land but also freedom. He respects nature, but at the same time, if some pencil-necked hippie tried to tell […]
