Fracking 101

The above video (cleanly and interestingly animated) explains the dirty, dangerous process of fracking and why natural gas should just be left in the ground. Edward James Olmos narrates with his usual quiet authority, and though he doesn’t say so, I’m sure he’d agree with me that we all need to tell the frackers of the world […]

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The US and China Go All BFF for the Planet

No matter what the roadblocks may be, this is a major deal. You’ve already heard of it, surely, but in case you haven’t, the video above explains things pretty well. Basically, the two biggest polluters in the world have agreed to pollute less. Mitch McConnell and his oil-worshippers don’t like it, of course (polluting less just flat-out goes against their […]

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The Fate of Shampoo

I stumbled upon a Yahoo! article last week titled “Bumble and bumble Founder Says No One Will Use Shampoo in 5 Years.” My first thoughts were: Why is the “b” of the second bumble not capitalized? Was that just a typo? Will no one use typos in five years? Maybe that’s the question you should be […]

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