Environment

Boy Scouts: Gays Okay. Treehuggers Not So Much.

California man says he was ousted from the Scouts for protecting a rare plant.

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| Wed May. 22, 2013 3:21 PM PDT

Grassroots Greens Challenge Environmental Defense Fund on Fracking

The latest crossfire in the ongoing big green vs. little green fight over natural gas.

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| Wed May. 22, 2013 1:34 PM PDT
U-Boat

How Hitler's U-Boats Are Still Attacking Us

Tankers downed by German U-Boats in World War II threaten to leak fuel into US waters.

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| Tue May. 21, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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We Tracked Down Our Biggest Troll…and Kind of Liked Him

Ever wonder what an internet troll is like in person? We met one in his lair.

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| Mon May. 20, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

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Which States Use the Most Green Energy?

A wave of ALEC-backed bills could stall bringing more states up to snuff.

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| Thu May. 16, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
A t-rex in the park

12 Animals We Wish We Could De-Extinct

From T. rex to the Tasmanian tiger, here's what it would take to resurrect these lost species.

— By Maggie Severns and the Mother Jones news team

 | Wed May. 15, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

John Kerry Updates His Climate Change Creds at the Arctic Council

Kerry travels to Sweden to join a meeting of a once-obscure council as they prepare to sign an historic agreement on oil spill repsonse in the far north.

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 1:32 PM PDT

Quick Reads: "Any Way You Slice It" by Stan Cox

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| Mon May. 13, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Their Instruments May Be Garbage, But the Music Will Bring Tears to Your Eyes

In a Paraguay slum, a children's orchestra makes do with what it's got—with inspiring results.

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| Mon May. 13, 2013 2:30 AM PDT

We Just Passed the Climate's "Grim Milestone"

A monitor in Hawaii registered 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere. Here's what that means.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 1:00 PM PDT

Arkansans to Kerry on Keystone: "Come to Our State to See the Devastation"

Two residents of Mayflower, the site of the March 29 pipeline spill, want Kerry to see the damage in their home state before he approves another massive pipeline.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 3:01 AM PDT
Wild Ones Stuffed Animals

Wild Man: An Interview with Jon Mooallem

The author of "Wild Ones," a book about the wacky world of conservation, talks prosthetic flippers and spirit animals.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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This Crater in Siberia Reveals the Future of a Globally Warmed Planet

Scientists can tell what the climate was like last time CO2 levels were as high as they are now.

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| Thu May. 9, 2013 12:01 PM PDT

Republicans Boycott Vote on Obama's EPA Pick

All eight Republicans on the committee skipped a Thursday vote on nominee Gina McCarthy.

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| Thu May. 9, 2013 10:38 AM PDT

Finally, Some Not-Terrible Climate News: Greenland Not Melting Any Faster

The last ten years have seen unprecedented ice loss. Don't expect that speedup to continue, a new study says.

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| Mon May. 6, 2013 9:01 AM PDT

Biden Said What About Keystone XL Pipeline?!?

An activist says Vice President Biden told her he's anti-pipeline. But the VP's office says not quite.

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| Wed May. 8, 2013 11:32 AM PDT

This Town Took On Fracking and Won

Tiny Dryden, New York, just won the right to send frackers packing.

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| Wed May. 8, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Polar bear on a remnant ice floe.

10 Key Findings From a Rapidly Acidifying Arctic Ocean

Because of global warming, the Arctic Ocean is turning corrosive faster than any other waters on Earth.

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| Tue May. 7, 2013 3:03 AM PDT

Scientists Use DNA From Poop to Track Rare Tigers

A new project uses poop to gather genetic information on rare tigers.

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| Thu May. 2, 2013 8:11 AM PDT

Europe Bans Bee-Harming Pesticides; US Keeps Spraying

Shaking off fierce lobbying from Syngenta and Bayer, the European Commissiom takes a stand on pollinators. The EPA, not so much.

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| Fri May. 3, 2013 3:00 AM PDT