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Going 'zero carbon' is all the rage. But will it slow climate change?
Cities, states, businesses and electric utilities are setting ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But it's not clear exactly how they'll do that or whether it will actually work.
Replacing plastic: Can bacteria help us break the habit?
Entrepreneurs are eager to find substitutes for plastic that naturally degrade. One option is a "natural" plastic made by microbes and then eaten by them. But the process is still in the early days.
NOAA: 279 dolphins dead on Gulf Coast, triple usual number
At least 279 dolphins have stranded across much of the U.S. Gulf Coast since Feb. 1, triple the usual number, and about 98 percent of them have died, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.
After seeing widespread frosts across northern Minnesota on June 2 with many morning low temperatures in the 20s, June 13 brought frosts again with widespread temperatures in the 30s.