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Astonished divers come across a massive jellyfish off the coast of England

Divers enjoy a swim alongside a human-sized jellyfish near Cornwall, England.




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President Obama visits wind turbine plant

Video: President visits a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Iowa and discusses how the administration's clean energy investments are creating jobs and i




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Minneapolis college plans to be emissions-free by 2019

Augsburg College is now the largest purchaser of wind energy from Xcel's Wind Source, the biggest provider in the U.S.




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Turbine blades are impossibly long

I knew wind turbine blades were long, but who knew they could be THIS long!?




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Watch: A wind turbine goes up in Rhode Island

Strong winds make for a great place to operate a wind turbine but a lousy location to put one up.




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Are wind farms pushing the planet out of orbit?

Wind energy may be clean energy, but could it end up destroying everything we know? The Onion investigates.




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Will Alec Baldwin's own NIMBY-ism thwart his wind turbine plans?

Alec Baldwin champions both renewable energy and the preservation of East Hampton, N.Y., with equal passion. So how will things play out now that the actor has




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Unexplained 'space music' heard by astronauts on far side of the moon

Newly unclassified recordings reveal eerie radio sounds heard during an Apollo mission that weren't coming from Earth.




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Bruce Springsteen gives young fan a late note for school

The Bruce just delivered the ultimate excuse for 9-year-old Xabi Glovsky.



  • Arts & Culture

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'A Star-Spangled Story' about a flag, a song and a war

Smithsonian Channel special celebrates the surprising history behind the flag that inspired our national anthem more than 200 years ago.



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Iceland embraces slow TV trend with leisurely 24-hour drive around the country

Soundtracked by Sigur Rós, the ultra-mellow trek was broadcast live on national television.



  • Arts & Culture

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This lonely dog 'plays' the blues when its humans leave

Left all alone, this dog 'plays' the piano and 'sings' the blues.




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Christmas comes early with this a cappella version of 'Little Drummer Boy'

You're not officially supposed to listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving, but Pentatonix's a cappella cover is worth breaking the rules for.



  • Arts & Culture

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Oscar-nominated 'Gasland' director wants to debate T. Boone Pickens

He may not have won an Oscar, but the director of "Gasland" isn’t backing off the natural gas industry.




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Following Arkansas quake, regulators call time out on fracking

Wastewater storage from fracking may be causing earthquakes. For now, Arkansas is stopping operations.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Coal-fired power plants: A thing of the past?

A compromise in Washington state may be the example for the rest of the country to follow when it comes to cleaning up our energy sources.




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'Gasland' sequel coming to HBO

Director Josh Fox lands deal with network to premiere next film in what could become a trilogy of docs on the natural gas industry.



  • Arts & Culture

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Report: Methane from fracking has large greenhouse footprint

A group of researchers at Cornell University finds that natural gas may not be as clean as originally thought.




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Public water plants can't be used for fracking wastewater

Gov. Tom Corbett takes swift action after TV investigation shows increased levels of bromide in Pennsylvania drinking water.




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Study links flammable tap water to fracking

When the documentary 'Gasland' revealed an instance of flaming tap water, the gas industry tried to debunk it. A peer-reviewed study now confirms the finding.




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Congratulations to Josh Fox for winning an Emmy for 'Gasland'!

Documentary filmmaker Josh Fox just won an Emmy for his film "Gasland" which exposes fracking for the dangerous boondoggle that it is.




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The ballad of Sean and Yoko: Anti-fracking, for renewables

The new Artists Against Fracking makes a compelling case against opening up New York state to natural gas drilling. It's fuzzier about the energy sources that c




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Trailer: Matt Damon's fracking film 'Promised Land'

Film tells the fictional story of one small town's dealings with the natural gas industry — and the environmentalist out to stop it all from happening.



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Lady Gaga backs Yoko Ono's anti-fracking coalition

Pop star and social media powerhouse Lady Gaga encourages her millions of fans to support Yoko Ono's Artists Against Fracking campaign in New York.



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University of Tennessee gets OK for natural gas extraction on public land

The school plans to fund a study on the effects of fracking by allowing the controversial extraction process to take place on 8,000 acres in Cumberland Forest.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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'Gasland' sequel premiere sparks protests, outrage

Director Josh Fox's follow-up to his 2010 documentary on the natural gas industry sparks drama at the Tribeca Film Festival.



  • Arts & Culture

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'Gasland II' sequel tells fracking's next chapter

Director Josh Fox accuses the energy industry and politicians of failing the American people.



  • Arts & Culture

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Latest blowout highlights Gulf drilling dangers

Workers fled the leaking gas well hours before it caught fire, once again shedding light on the Gulf of Mexico's risky relationship with offshore drilling.




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Warren Buffett could soon own the largest energy holding company in the U.S.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to acquire NV Energy, and Sen. Harry Reid wants to help.




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New Zealand surfer survives tsunami by riding giant wave

A student and his fellow surfers used their skills to ride the giant waves to safety after a deadly tsunami struck Samoa.




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Peruvian glacier breaks apart causing tsunami

More evidence of global warming in Peru, as Huacan glacier collapses into lake.



  • Research & Innovations

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Oregon beach town plans for devastating tsunami

Cannon Beach is building the first tsunami evacuation center, a city hall that can also serve as a shelter.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Nuclear power and earthquake zones overlap in the U.S.

Earthquake in Japan raises concerns about what could happen in the U.S.




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Japanese earthquake delays Nissan Leaf deliveries, and more

In the end, delivery dates are unimportant — but they do show how connected we are.




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What we learned from Japan's deadly earthquake: One year later

In 2011, Japan was one of the most prepared countries in the world for a massive earthquake. Yet when a mega-quake hit Japan last March, sparking a huge tsunami



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Earthquakes off Alaska pose U.S. tsunami risk

The risk of a deadly tsunami ravaging the United States is now leading scientists to investigate hazards posed by giant earthquakes off the Alaskan coast.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Largest piece of tsunami debris: Japanese dock washes ashore in Oregon

A nearly 70-foot-long dock floated onto an Oregon beach after being torn loose from a fishing port in Japan after the tsunami.



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How wave shapes can explain why tsunamis are so devastating

X- and Y-shaped ocean waves that are often seen at beaches may help explain why tsunamis can be so devastating, researchers say.



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Too many nuclear plants located in tsunami risk zones, say researchers

A recent study led by European researchers found Fukushima is not alone, as 22 other plants around the world may be similarly susceptible to destructive tsunami



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Ancient tsunami swept through Swiss lake

An ancient tsunami in a Swiss lake triggered by an Alpine landslide suggests that cities now on the lake's shore may face dangers more commonly associated with



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Landslide-driven megatsunamis threaten Hawaii

Scientists discover that massive volcanic landslides have caused megatsunamis to strike the coasts of Hawaii throughout history, causing widespread destruction



  • Climate & Weather

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What caused the Solomon Islands earthquake and tsunami?

The deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit the Solomon Islands today struck along a subduction zone.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Tsunami debris 'island' isn't Texas-sized, but it is headed toward the U.S.

Debris from the deadly tsunami that struck Japan in 2011 is drifting across the Pacific Ocean toward North America.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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New evidence for ancient Alaskan tsunamis found

This century's deadly tsunamis kicked off an intense search for buried clues to prehistoric killer waves along Alaska's southern shores.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Radioactive wild boars wreak havoc on Japanese farmland

Nuclear fallout has benefitted the beasts, considered as both tasty and fearsome in Japanese culture.




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Eruption adds to Indonesian island's pain

Volcano erupts on Indonesian island of Sulawesi, which had already been hit by a 7.5 earthquake and a tsunami.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Georgia-Pacific unit launches new sustainability campaign

Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, which recently received SFI chain-of-custody certification, has launched a new sustainability campaign.




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Trade law hits raw note for Gibson Guitars

When federal agents seized rare ebony and rosewood from famed guitar maker Gibson Guitars, it sparked a firestorm over illegal logging.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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What does 'sustainable supply chain' mean for the planet?

As commerce becomes increasingly global, American corporations are taking steps to develop sustainable supply chains that span the country and the planet.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Putting cork, screw top and plastic wine stoppers into perspective

Student film "Battle Behind the Bottle" tells the story of the cork industry positive response to the “kick in the pants” screw tops and plastics gave it.