Oslo runs out of garbage, imports it from rest of the world
Oslo, the capital of Norway, has a strange garbage problem. Too much? No, not enough.
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9 Products That Help Gardeners Create Healthy, Organic Soil
A teaspoon of healthy soil contains more microbes than there are humans on this planet. These products can help you maintain that diversity.
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Republican Congressman cites Noah's Flood as evidence against climate change being caused by humans
“I would point out that if you’re a believer in in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an example of climate change and that certainly wasn’t because mankind had overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy.”
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Sustainable Development could be outlawed in Kansas
A bill is introduced that would make it illegal to "to promote, support, mandate, require, order, incentivize, advocate, plan for, participate in or implement sustainable development."
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How ALEC is working to criminalize factory farm whistleblowers
Legislative efforts to silence animal advocacy groups are cropping up across the country. It should probably not be a surprise that the American Legislative Exchange Council appears to be responsible.
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State of Missouri bans Agenda 21; What would Harry Truman Say?
They are going to stop the UN from giving out free lawn mowers and blocking Walmarts.
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Suntech stock up almost 50% on Warren Buffett buyout rumors
If there's one way to describe Buffett, it's "bargain hunter". When people are running away from something, Buffett usually goes in the opposite direction and takes a look to see if there isn't a quality undervalued asset that he could buy.
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Canadian government learns from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy about how to stifle dissent
Approving a pipeline across Toronto is a lot like building a bypass through Arthur Dent's house.
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Jargon Watch: Serendipity
According to the New York Times, it's why Marissa Mayer ordered people back to work and why Google is designing its offices.
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Apple Headquarters $2 billion over budget and it hasn't even started yet
But they are keeping all the green features, and they are significant.
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Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister, 1925- 2013
She was hailed as "a champion for climate Skeptics" but never said the famous quote about a man on a bus.
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Exxon won't pay into cleanup fund because oil spilled in Arkansas isn't "oil"
Due to a legal technicality, ExxonMobil is not required to pay into a cleanup fund because tar sands oil is not regulated like conventional oil.
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After 10 years of hard work, Ontario is getting ready to close its last coal power plants
It wasn't always easy and not everybody agreed with how it was done, but over the past 10 years, the Canadian province of Ontario has shown that it's possible to wean a large economy off coal.
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Has the home-buyer really changed and become more urban, or is it the same as it ever was?
A new survey by Pulte shows that millennials still want the new suburban home.
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Ultimate Bug Killer, Now With "Free Seeds For Bees"?
An insecticide that has been implicated in bee deaths is now being marketed with "free seeds for bees". This does not appear to be an April Fools joke.
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What would Jane Jacobs think of Marissa Mayer?
John Kay invokes Jane Jacobs in a defence of the office vs home teleworking. Would she agree?
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Fracking explosion sends "Frac Stack" flying [PHOTOS]
Last night, on her show, Rachel Maddow showed some incredible photos of an explosive accident at a Texas fracking site. After seeing the photos, you'll be surprised to learn that thankfully no one was killed.
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Celebrating Five New National Monuments
Millions of Americans are applauding President Obama for naming five new National Monuments.
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Scotland to Donald Trump: Drop dead. Offshore wind farm green-lit
About a year ago, Donald Trump was throwing a public tantrum about Scotland's plans to build an offshore wind farm. Mr. Trump claimed that it would ruin the view from one of his golf course projects.
