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The Noon Digg: 01/05

Mon, Jan 05 2009 at 12:28 PM

Residents slurry up and wait in Tennessee, lead poisons an African town, Arnold toots California's carbon-free horn, Vatican scientists warn of birth-control pollution, and a Stanford scientist calculates nuclear war's carbon footprint.

The Morning Briefing: 01/05

Mon, Jan 05 2009 at 9:03 AM

The Maldives' trash and Tennessee's ash, luring bees with trees, plugging up Smuggler's Gulch, NYC's urban turbines, computers and planned obsolescence.

Last Call: 01/02

Fri, Jan 02 2009 at 6:53 PM

Oceans face a sea change — from coral and krill to killer whales. Can fish farming save fish? Also: James Hansen's open letter to Obama, Hong Kong's bad air, San Fran's carbon-killing kiosks, and old-growth forests put out to pasture.

The Noon Digg: 01/02

Fri, Jan 02 2009 at 12:23 PM

A trashy new year in Times Square, peeking peaks pique pilot's interest, what to expect from renewable energy in '09, and why China will spend more than $800 million on two power plants.

The Morning Briefing: 01/02

Fri, Jan 02 2009 at 9:03 AM

Toyota's moment in the sun, Bush rides into the sunset, the DOI beams with pride, the poisoning of East Tennessee, grabbing a spider by its tail, and how to be frugal but not frigid.

The rise and free fall of gas prices

Thu, Jan 01 2009 at 6:49 PM

Gas prices dominated the headlines in 2008. They spiked at more than $4 in July and plummeted in December. Watch how the prices rose and fell over the last 10 years.

Last Call: 12/31

Wed, Dec 31 2008 at 5:02 PM

2008 was either the year global warming was disproven or finally taken seriously, depending whom you ask. But with environmental issues at the fore, it was a big year for Mother Nature in general, and '09 looms even larger.

The Noon Digg: 12/31

Wed, Dec 31 2008 at 11:56 AM

Reflecting on 2008: Solar panels, Sarah Palin, supercells, superdelegates, sludge, slurry and stubbornness.

The Morning Briefing: 12/31

Wed, Dec 31 2008 at 8:59 AM

TN P.O.'d at TVA, another skinny beach wastes away in Malibu, Mexico's chicleros chew wisely, jet-setting with jatropha oil, taking a fine-tooth honeycomb to organic labels, and the top clean-tech stocks for '09.

Last Call: 12/30

Tue, Dec 30 2008 at 6:13 PM

The oil bubble bursts as Brazil and Hawaii say "yes we cane" to ethanol. Also: saving elephants by buying ivory, saving trees by using paper, and saving endangered species by suing the president.

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And it's all just for keratin

Fri, Mar 29 2013 at 2:31 PM

And it's all just for keratin. Poachers might as well scour the globe for toenails and hair clippings.

Thanks for the heads up, Juli

Thu, Jan 03 2013 at 6:50 PM

Thanks for the heads up, Juli. I've reworded that paragraph to make it a little clearer.

That's true, Norma. The Mayan

Tue, Dec 11 2012 at 11:47 AM

That's true, Norma. The Mayan calendar doesn't predict an apocalypse. I used the word "myth" here to mean "a false or unfounded notion," as in: "It's a widespread myth that the Mayan calendar predicts an apocalypse."

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