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Environment
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Your Electric Car May Yet Generate a Small Income for You
Vehicle to grid technology has been talked about for a decade and half, and an industry consultant suggests it may finally start paying off.
The Free Market Is Abandoning Clean Energy
What happened to all of those investments in renewable energy technologies?
Gunning for Lead Bullets
Hunters using lead ammunition leave a potent neurotoxin scattered in the outdoors; alternative ammunition is really good. Why are efforts to ban lead ammunition so difficult?
The Genetics of Global Warming
As climates continue to change, so does the DNA of the species around us.
Live Long and Falter: Spry Population Linked to Endangered Species
If a country's human population is long-lived, it's bad news for the local critters—almost as bad as being a native bird in New Zealand.
The Game of Climate Whac-a-Mole Will Hit the Tropics First
A new paper details when just about anywhere on the world can expect to have inarguable proof that global warming isn't a debate topic but a reality.
Chipotle’s Choice: A Shift Away From Responsibly Raised Beef
For a company that markets itself by lambasting the industrial food system, Chipotle's offerings are starting to look a lot like many other fast-food chains out there, complete with growth hormones, feedlots, GMOs, and more.
Now We’ve Found Plastics in Space (and It’s Not Pollution)
For the first time ever, molecules of plastic have been found outside of planet Earth.
Paying It Forward
You make it, you pay. Why should taxpayers foot the bill for recycling all of that wasteful plastic?