Survey shows 70% of Americans think global warming should be a priority, but...
Let's pretend that there's someone with a gun to your head, and he gives you a hard quantum mechanics problem with two answers, only one of which is correct.
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World's Largest Paper Manufacturer Announces Collaboration with Longtime Foes
Forest activists are celebrating a major new collaboration with a paper giant they have been campaigning against for years.
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Health warning labels proposed for gas pump nozzles
It works for cigarettes, why not for fossil fuels?
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U.S. had 45,100 wind turbines at the end of 2012, a growth of 28% over 2011
Wind power in the U.S. is doing well, and the country has only just begun to tap its massive potential (especially offshore).
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George Monbiot on recycling, consumption, population growth, China and just about everything that matters
If there is one article you read on the problems we face, this gem from George is it.
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As Exxon censors local media, citizen journalists document Arkansas oil spill. Can the pros be doing more?
The local media and the public owes them all a huge thanks to citizen journalists for the work they've done to expose how significant this mess Exxon has caused truly is.
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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.
