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Jeremy’s iron will: On-screen villain plays the good guy in anti-waste doc
Jeremy’s iron will: On-screen vil...
Jeremy Irons has played some serious douchebags: Scar , Claus von Bülow , Simon Gruber , the ultimate caricature of the 1% in Margin Call , the cauldron in Once Upon a Halloween (oh, did you miss that one?). The point is, it’s... 
Date with disaster: Adventurers sail through wave of tsunami debris
Date with disaster: Adventurers sai...
Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen The Pacific Ocean is a pretty darned big place. The hull of the 72’ former racing yacht, Sea Dragon, not so much, especially when crammed full of research equipment and 14 full-sized human-type people... 
Rio hangover: 50,000 people rallied for the Earth Summit. Did it do any good?
Rio hangover: 50,000 people rallied...
The Earth Summit is mercifully over, leaving us all to wonder: What the hell happened last week? Did the end result justify the 3,600 tons of CO2 generated by the U.N. delegation alone? And has anyone seen my pants? Rio+20 was like... 
Romney opposes mercury rule, beclowns himself again
Romney opposes mercury rule, beclow...
Photo by Austen Hufford . Today marks a symbolic vote in the Senate: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) is putting forward a Congressional Review Act  resolution  [PDF] that would stop the EPA’s impending standards on mercury and other... 
Getting used to being in charge of the planet
Getting used to being in charge of ...
Last week’s news about the tipping-point study in Nature ought to prompt some serious thinking. It is becoming increasingly clear that the decisions made by people alive today will determine the fate of life on Earth for centuries... 
Did you say ‘sea-level rise’? You liberal.
Did you say ‘sea-level rise’? Y...
Photo of Beijing smog by jaaron on Flickr. Last week, the Chinese government demanded that foreign embassies stop reporting independent air pollution measurements . The U.S. Embassy in Beijing, for example, has a monitor on its roof... 
Tsunami debris on the West Coast could be ‘far worse than any oil spill’
Tsunami debris on the West Coast co...
Last year’s tsunami in Japan threw 1.5 million tons of debris into the ocean. It’s starting to show up on the West Coast — a soccer ball here, a motorcycle there, a 66-foot, 165-ton dock . According to the Associated... 
Life recycle: How e-waste recycling gives your gadgets a fresh start
Life recycle: How e-waste recycling...
Click for a visual tour through an e-waste collection center and a recycling facility. If e-waste disposal had a late-night infomercial, it might go something like this: Congratulations! You bought an iPhone 6S! Now you can spend... 
Life recycle: How e-waste recycling gives your gadgets a fresh start
Life recycle: How e-waste recycling...
Click for a visual tour through an e-waste collection center and a recycling facility. If e-waste disposal had a late-night infomercial, it might go something like this: Congratulations! You bought an iPhone 6S! Now you can spend... 
Why are U.S. taxpayers subsidizing coal mining?
Why are U.S. taxpayers subsidizing ...
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Big Coal’s new anti-Obama ad reeks of desperation
Big Coal’s new anti-Obama ad reek...
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Re-Whiting History: Richard White on managing our un-pristine planet
Re-Whiting History: Richard White o...
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Diving deep: Susan Shaw, ocean crusader and environmental health pioneer
Diving deep: Susan Shaw, ocean crus...
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What’s the deal with EPA carbon rules for existing power plants?
What’s the deal with EPA carbon r...
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Raging hormone disruptors: Common chemicals cause trouble even in small amounts
Raging hormone disruptors: Common c...
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McDonald’s ditches Styrofoam … maybe
McDonald’s ditches Styrofoam … ...
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Robot jellyfish will use water for fuel, spy on you
Robot jellyfish will use water for ...
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Behold H&M’s new green collection
Behold H&M’s new green colle...
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Gasoline Versus Diesel Oil for Orga...
The exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles contribute more to the production of a specific type of air pollution-secondary organic aerosols (SOA)-than those from diesel vehicles, according to a new study by scientists from the Cooperative... 
Every last bite: Why wasting animal protein is unethical
Every last bite: Why wasting animal...
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