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This bacterium can eat polyurethane-based plastics

This bacterium can eat polyurethane-based plastics

Polyurethane, which now goes to landfills or gets burned, might be able to be broken down by some hungry bugs.

Peabody asks court to overturn mine safety citation.

Peabody Energy asked a federal appeals court to overturn its citation for improperly sealing ventilation stopping, which separates intake air from return air, at a Colorado coal mine.

Peabody Energy asked a federal appeals court to overturn its citation for improperly sealing ventilation stopping, which separates intake air from return air, at a Colorado coal mine.

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Hot, dry Madrid aims for a cooler, greener future.
Wojtek Gurak

Hot, dry Madrid aims for a cooler, greener future.

The goal is to create a so-called "green envelope," protecting Madrid from the effects of climate change.

Tourists flood the area of Madrid's "Museum Mile" — a stretch of the huge, eight-lane Paseo del Prado thoroughfare that's home to Spain's most renowned art museums. It's smoggy and crowded with all the traffic.

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The disturbing climate implications of this sailboat's Arctic voyage.

An unreinforced sailboat managed to circumnavigate the top of the world in 20 weeks.

On August 14, the 48-foot sailing vessel Northabout was in a sheltered location north of Siberia, battling hurricane-force winds. Held in place by 100 feet of chain tied to an anchor, the crew hunkered down as the storm built through the late summer Arctic night.

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Growth in artificial lawns poses threat to British wildlife, conservationists warn.
Michael Coghlan/flickr

Growth in artificial lawns poses threat to British wildlife, conservationists warn.

The growing trend to lay fake lawns instead of real grass causes loss of habitat for wildlife and creates waste that will never biodegrade.

Growing trend to lay fake lawns instead of real grass causes loss of habitat for wildlife and creates waste that will never biodegrade

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