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In the Green Room: Will Dailey on Farm-Aid and his music career

Video: Will Dailey talks about the importance of Farm-Aid, his music career, and how social media is helping him release his new album 'Torrent'.



  • Arts & Culture

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'Injectable bandage' stops the bleeding with an assist from seaweed

The bandage uses a thickening agent known as kappa-carrageenan, obtained from seaweed, to create injectable hydrogels.



  • Research & Innovations

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FDA approves marijuana-derived drug to treat epilepsy

Epidiolex is the first marijuana-based drug to earn FDA approval.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Paramedics make a pit stop to honor a dying man's request for a caramel sundae

On the way to a palliative care facility, cancer patient Ron McCartney had one request: a caramel sundae.




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Who really needs a daily dose of aspirin?

Researchers find that more than 10 percent of patients may be taking aspirin unnecessarily, and the risks may outweigh the benefits.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Your daily vitamin supplements aren't doing much good, say studies

Looking at calcium and vitamin D supplements, researchers found no difference in the health outcomes for people who took supplements and those who didn't.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in one day

To fight climate change and deforestation, Ethiopia is turning to trees in a big way.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Updates on the TVA coal ash spill

How big of a problem is the nation's collective coal ash waste? How bad is it in Tennessee? What's going on in D.C.?




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Monday link drop: Energy

Ex-gang members install solar and global warming happening faster than we though




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Climate change news o' the day

NASA loses a CO2 monitoring satellite, plans for new coal plants are being shelved, and the price of CO2 credits drops out on the European market.



  • Climate & Weather

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Get arrested for coal on Monday

On Monday thousands of Americans will march the streets of Washington, DC to protest against coal and the damage it causes our environment and society.




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Darryl Hannah arrested protesting mountaintop removal mining

Movie star Darryl Hannah and NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen were arrested along with dozens of others after blocking access to a coal facility.




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Clean coal forgery scandal breaks

Clean coal lobbyist forges 12 letters to trick House members into voting 'No' on ACES.



  • Research & Innovations

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Amsterdam's most beneficent tourist activity is fishing for plastic

Plucking litter from canals while sightseeing is one of the more singular ways to spend a couple hours in the Dutch city.




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20 minutes in nature a day is your ticket to feeling better

Two recent studies show that visiting an urban park for as little as 20 minutes will reduce stress and boost emotional well-being.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Tour Atlantic Canada's first LEED Silver certified home

The Salmon Cove home was built with the environment in mind.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Follow the LEEDer: Home Depot and USGBC partner for product database

In response to the rapidly expanding green home building market, the USGBC teams up with Home Depot to launch a database of LEED-qualifying products ranging fro




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Barnes Foundation earns LEED Platinum

The building is the first major art and education facility to earn Platinum level LEED certification.




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Prefab brings modern day sustainability to historic planned community

In observation of one of the original New Urbanist-style planned communities' 75th anniversary, Norris, Tenn. gets a self-sufficient prefab demo home.



  • Remodeling & Design

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A Bronx kale: Affordable housing meets hydroponic farming in Morrisania

In the South Bronx, a 124-unit housing development with a rooftop farm combines low-income housing with an emphasis on healthy living and fresh food.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Update: Keystone Science School lives on

The Colorado-based school raised $2.3 million over the past two months, allowing it to buy itself and its campus from a cash-strapped parent organization.



  • Research & Innovations

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A massive newly discovered cave may be the biggest in Canada

This middle-of-nowhere cave may have never been seen by humans.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Danish royalty opens Colorado wind factories

The Danes are helping kick-start Colorado's green energy economy.



  • Research & Innovations

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Republicans continue to do the ethanol dance

Ethanol is emerging as one of the biggest wedge issues for Republicans as they focus on the Iowa caucus.




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How ethanol is saving fuel at Daytona 500

When the 43 NASCAR drivers start their engines for Sunday's Daytona 500, they will be doing so for the second year with American ethanol-blended fuel in their g



  • Arts & Culture

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Miranda Kerr named global Earth Hour ambassador

Actress will front marketing campaign targeted at getting more involved in turning off the lights on March 26th.



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Miranda Kerr to host yoga class for Earth Hour

Supermodel once again named Global Earth Hour Ambassador in preparation for the lights-out moment on March 31.



  • Arts & Culture

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Earth Hour 2012: The dark night rises

Whether you go out stargazing or simply relax in the dark at home, spending an hour without power Saturday night might just re-energize your weekend.




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Cities go dark for Earth Hour [Photos]

Iconic landmarks and skylines all across the globe were plunged into darkness on Saturday for Earth Hour.




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Buy this book: Power Trip by Amanda Little

Power Trip is a fascinating journey through our incredibly complex relationship with oil, energy and everything in between.




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Bosses Day 2010: 5 eco-friendly gift ideas

Honor your favorite boss on this holiday, which falls on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010.




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Ecollywood: Amanda Seyfried and Olesya Rulin

Video: Get your green tips from Amanda Seyfried and Olesya Rulin.



  • Arts & Culture

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The 30-Day Electric Bike Challenge is calling: Get out of your car and onto an e-bike

Apply to the 30-Day Electric Bike Challenge and you could be selected to receive an e-bike for a month in exchange for swearing off the use of your car.




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Why the VW diesel scandal happened

It was a combination of hubris, professional rivalry and a desperate bid for success in the American market.




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'Open Building' lets our homes adapt to change

Why not design our homes so that we can get at the things that need to be changed? That's the idea behind "Open Building".



  • Remodeling & Design

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Dainty prefab dwelling from Down Under produces more energy than it consumes

With its edible veggie walls and lack of traditional HVAC systems, Carbon Positive House aims to "free us of modern day lifelines."



  • Remodeling & Design

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This cedar tree-studded Swiss high-rise will probably smell amazing

Why move to the woods when you can live in a tower that doubles as a coniferous forest?



  • Remodeling & Design

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Architecture for the ages: How houses can adapt to aging boomers

How they can provide some space for the next generation as well.



  • Remodeling & Design

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This folding A-frame cabin is a shoo-in for fantasy holiday wish lists

M.A.Di., a flat-pack tiny house from Italy, is a new take on a beloved classic.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Scientists repurpose stargazing tools to protect endangered species

A high-tech collaboration between astrophysicists and ecologists is helping to monitor and protect some of the world's most threatened animals.




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Butt-breathing turtle that can stay underwater for 72 hours is endangered

The Mary River turtle, recognized for its algae-induced punk rock appearance and ability to breathe through its rear is endangered.




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These shrew-like critters with dangerous sex lives are now officially endangered

Habitat loss and climate change have pushed the antechinus, a marsupial that looks like a small shrew, to the brink. And their sex lives don't help.




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Humans are merely visitors at this conservation oasis in Florida

White Oak in Florida promotes conservation with innovative programs for animals (and the humans who want to see them.)




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How nuns in Mexico are helping save a critically endangered salamander

The Sisters of the Monastery of the Dominican of Order have cared for the rare salamanders for 150 years.




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Meet the planet's 25 most endangered primates

This report highlights 25 apes, monkeys, lemurs, lorises and other primates on the brink of extinction.




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Endangered sea turtles hatch on N.Y. beach

Rare endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles hatch on New York City beach, but they normally nest in the Gulf of Mexico.




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Proposed mega-development could pose threat to iconic Florida panther

In Florida, not even the iconic Florida panther — the endangered state animal — is safe from new development.




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Calling all kids to draw (and honor) their favorite endangered species

The 2019 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest is open to children in grades K-12.




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Government pushes to remove gray wolf from endangered species list

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposes letting states, tribes manage wolf populations, dropping endangered species status on the federal level.




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Calf sightings in Cape Cod Bay are big news for endangered right whales

Two mother-and-calf pairs of North Atlantic right whales have been spotted so far this year in Cape Cod Bay.