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Training Pays Off

Does anything good come out of the Olympics?

The Olympics bring their host cities new stadiums, trains, and glistening abs — but which of those benefit them in the long run?

Walk It Out

The key to fighting climate change and mortality? Walkable cities

Watch how to make your city better for humans — not cars -- to get around.

Video

If you care about climate change, why aren’t you voting?

Well, Americans are bad at voting in general. Watch our video to find out why that’s a problem.

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Coal ash chronicles

N.C. chief epidemiologist resigns over water safety squabble

Megan Davies has accused the governor's administration of misleading the public about water quality near coal ash sites.

Election 2016

Clinton’s army of energy advisers towers over Trump’s

Clinton’s team has enormous size advantage over Trump.

Pit of Despair

Finally, a solution to the worst scourge of this scorched Earth: brown avocado

By saving avocados from mud-colored fate, a new machine might make a dent in our mountains of food waste.

Business & Technology

One company is labeling GMOs with pride — of course it’s Soylent.

Soylent wants you to know it isn't made of people; it's made with GMOs.

Thanks, but no tanks

Here’s the latest community to crack down on fossil fuel shipments

Whatcom County, Washington, is concerned about public safety.

Plug Ugly

Electric cars are so popular we’re running out of plugs

We’re in an era of cutthroat plug competition — which is both good and bad.

This Mess Again

There’s a new toxin in your water to worry about, America

PFASs are linked with cancer, hormone disruption, high cholesterol, and obesity, and were found in the water supplies of 6 million people.

Do You Believe in Miracles

How do we turn coal jobs into solar jobs? Wizards, perhaps?

A new study from the journal Energy Economics has a plan to assimilate coal miners into the solar industry.

worth a shot

Farm animals are about to get a lot more shots

Big pharma is trying to get farms off antibiotics by investing in vaccines.

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