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how do we clean up the world’s massive plastic waste problem?
# science

how do we clean up the world’s massive plastic waste problem?

Environmental groups have been ringing the alarm about plastic waste filling oceans and landfills for decades, and the general public is finally paying attention. But do we have real solutions to this problem?

climate change deniers throw a pity party in congress to talk about hurt feelings
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climate change deniers throw a pity party in congress to talk about hurt feelings

The House's Denialist-in-Chief Lamar Smith invites his favorite climate change denialists for an afternoon of ego stroking and kvetching.

pollution denial, the hot new trend ready to kill you for a quick profit
# science

pollution denial, the hot new trend ready to kill you for a quick profit

Fossil fuel lobbyists are ready to give you asthma, COPD, and even lung cancer if it means they and their clients can make an extra dollar.

can we really re-ice the arctic?
# science

can we really re-ice the arctic?

With no faith in politicians to help combat global warming, some scientists are turning to geo-engineering as a possible solution.

no, we’re not about to see another ice age
# science

no, we’re not about to see another ice age

Climate change denialists have ran out of contrarian theories so they decided to recycle an old one.

why you can only fight reality for so long
# tech

why you can only fight reality for so long

Ignoring reality will always, always return to bite you were it hurts most. The only question is when it will strike.

when your conspiracy has too many villains
# oddities

when your conspiracy has too many villains

To keep their jobs, climate change denialists erected a conspiracy theory that's buckling under its own weight.

if you can’t save the world, how about just half?
# politics

if you can’t save the world, how about just half?

A plan to save the planet by letting half of it revert to a wilderness may not be as unrealistic as it seems at first blush.

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