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Growing forests gobble up carbon like growing teenagers raiding the fridge
Some secondary forests that regrow after deforestation can absorb up to 11 times more carbon than Amazonian old growth forests
San Francisco wants workers to use vacation days to accommodate the Super Bowl
The city that isn't even hosting the game is spending a ton of money to cope with it, and asking workers to, um, pitch in too.
Hillary Clinton and the Flint water crisis
There's more than one reason the Democratic candidate has jumped on this issue.
Should I buy a horsehair mattress?
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U.S. food industry workers are pretty forked over
Low wages plague the second largest employer in the U.S.
Watch out, corporations: Space detectives are watching you ruin the planet
Satellite images are catching illegal activity wherever it occurs, from pollution to deforestation to illegal fishing.
Fracking waste more likely to be located in poor communities and neighborhoods of color
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Will climate change move agriculture indoors? And will that be a good thing?
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Amazon might be opening hundreds of bookstores
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Greenland is melting and dumping phosphorous into the Arctic Ocean
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Shaming homeless people? There’s an app for that — or is there?
SnapCamp is either a horrible idea or a smart commentary on the tech industry.
What climate hawks can learn from Martin O’Malley’s quixotic campaign
The Democratic long-shot talked up the climate issue, but he didn't find a way to get voters to feel it.
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