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Jess Zimmerman
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Feb. 9, 2012
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In a marketing decision that was clearly made by stoners for stoners, Jack in the Box is debuting a bacon-flavored milkshake. At 1,081 calories for 24 ounces, this seems like ...
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Christopher Mims
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Feb. 9, 2012
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When Florida Gov. Rick Scott turned down $2 billion in federal money to build a high speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando, one of his arguments was that it would be a ...
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Grist
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Jess Zimmerman
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Feb. 9, 2012
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The transportation bill currently making its way through the House of Representatives sure does suck. It strips funds from safe streets projects and public transit, and dumps ...
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Grist
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Christopher Mims
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Feb. 9, 2012
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One of the potential solutions is simple aluminum powder and water ice, or ALICE. The nice thing about ALICE is that it could be manufactured at bases on the moon or Mars. ...
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Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan
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Feb. 9, 2012
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My personal carbon offset plan has bogged down with a serious case of the Couldas. For those of you just joining us, I’ve been on a personal quest to nullify the carbon ...
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Christopher Mims
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Feb. 9, 2012
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Americans, especially generations X and Y, want shorter commutes, walkability and a car-free existence. Which means that around 40 million large-lot exurban McMansions, built ...
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Christopher Mims
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Feb. 9, 2012
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Got a road trip coming up? Why not use Ridejoy to save yourself the gas money and maybe make a new friend in the process? The site’s a lot like apartment/room-share site ...
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Peter Smith
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Feb. 9, 2012
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I don’t want to sound too much like a soda jerk, but there’s something truly refreshing about making your own fizzy water. And if you’re going to make carbonated water ...
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Twilight Greenaway
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Feb. 9, 2012
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The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act is one of two bills sustainable ag advocates will be rallying around this spring. (Photo by fieldsbh.) Now that we’re beyond ...
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Sarah Laskow
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Feb. 9, 2012
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Where I live in New York, we’re constantly holding community meetings where neighbors complain that noise from local bars is stressing them out and keeping them awake. ...
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Gar Lipow
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Feb. 9, 2012
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By Gar Lipow Claims of biochar being a magic-bullet solution to climate change are so far unfounded, but if we invest heavily in research, it could turn out to save us.
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Greg Hanscom
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Feb. 9, 2012
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By Greg Hanscom The Nature Conservancy is making forays into urban areas. Some say it should shift its focus entirely. But can these nature muffins survive in the urban jungle?
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Edward Humes
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Feb. 9, 2012
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By Edward Humes Walmart has moved sustainability from the fringe to the forefront of business concerns, showing the drill-baby-drill crowd that eco-friendly choices can help ...
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Lisa Hymas
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Feb. 8, 2012
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In his 2000 bestseller Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain swatted down vegetarians on behalf of the foodie elite: Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, ...
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Tom Laskawy
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Feb. 8, 2012
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It is said that nature abhors a vacuum. Well, according to this report from the Minnesota Daily, nature also abhors factory farms. Large midwestern hog farms have for the last ...
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Tom Laskawy
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Feb. 8, 2012
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A recent op-ed published in the journal Nature, by several scientists who are experts in their field, has the pundits all aflutter. But the subject is somewhat surprising: ...
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David Roberts
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Feb. 8, 2012
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A great many people believe that one of the primary barriers to action on climate change is the existence of a cadre of "climate deniers" -- people who refuse to accept the ...
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Jess Zimmerman
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Feb. 8, 2012
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According to a new study by a California think tank, the "core green economy" -- industries focusing on sustainable energy, clean transportation, green products, conservation, ...
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Grist
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Jess Zimmerman
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Feb. 8, 2012
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Russian scientists have confirmed that they successfully drilled into Lake Vostok, a subglacial lake that has spent the last several million years isolated from Earth's ...
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Jared Green
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Feb. 8, 2012
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Excerpted from a longer interview in The Dirt. Robert Hammond is co-founder and co-executive director of Friends of the High Line, the nonprofit conservancy that manages the ...
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Sarah Laskow
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Feb. 8, 2012
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By Sarah Laskow Sometimes France is so fricking enlightened it hurts. Lawmakers recently decided to allow “cyclists in some cities to disregard red lights at certain ...
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Twilight Greenaway
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Feb. 8, 2012
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In case you think pickling is just another excuse to put Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in goofy wigs, think again. Along with products like jam, flour, and beef jerky, ...
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Jess Zimmerman
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Feb. 8, 2012
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By Jess Zimmerman Santorum swamped Romney (sorry) at two caucuses and a nonbinding primary yesterday, suggesting that his candidacy is a less funny joke than previously ...
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Jess Zimmerman
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Feb. 8, 2012
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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have figured out how to make cockroaches into creepy-crawly batteries. Finally, living in filth can pay off by lowering your ...
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Osha Gray Davidson
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Feb. 8, 2012
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Cross-posted from The Phoenix Sun. It’s getting toward sunset and I’m lost, sitting behind the wheel of a cherry-red Prius C prototype, at the bottom of a very steep hill ...
