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  1. World maps from @MassiveHealth show junk food consumption goes way up at night ow.ly/b8e5o 11:51 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  2. Looks like #coal companies paid folks $50 to wear pro-coal shirts at EPA carbon hearings ow.ly/b85Ya #desperate 10:30 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  3. Your #iPhone is killing Americans, too ow.ly/b7ZJT 9:27 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  4. In coming years, nuclear meltdowns will occur 200X as often as once thought ow.ly/b6P46 But we once thought they'd like never... 1:59 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
  5. High-tech fish forensics will help crack down on black market #fishing—which currently makes up 25% of the global catch ow.ly/b6FvV 12:07 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
  6. Surprise! The Heartland climate denial conference is a revolting clown show. See ow.ly/b6EnF and ow.ly/b6Evp @Stphn_Lacey 11:56 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  7. There's so much #fracking in PA that indie bands and world-famous directors can't find hotels. ow.ly/b6mSc @NRDC 9:11 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  8. First gay superhero marriage to take place in an X-Men comic ow.ly/b6lxs 9:01 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  9. RT @pasternack: How America's top climate-denying think tank melted down bit.ly/MlPLhC 7:54 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  10. RT @drgrist: Stevens: "While American democracy is imperfect, few ... would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money... 9:32 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  11. Once on the verge of extinction, there are now over 400 California #condors in the wild ow.ly/b4Gtu 8:55 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  12. #DFW had advice for, well, everyone in his great grad speech. But greens, progressives should listen to this bit bit.ly/K5La3W 8:30 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  13. Sure, Super PACs are terrible, but for now, they're mostly going to make politics louder and more boring ow.ly/b4C3C @Motherboard 8:22 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  14. Why it's legal to look at child porn online in New York ow.ly/aPjDo via @Motherboard 9:15 AM May 10th via HootSuite
  15. One more time with feeling: Domestic #oil production is irrelevant to oil prices ow.ly/aPjiU @Mattyglesias in @Slate 8:57 AM May 10th via HootSuite
  16. #NASA's James Hansen in NY Times: If Canada develops all its #tar sands, it's game over for the climate ow.ly/aPaLS 7:51 AM May 10th via HootSuite
  17. #Koch brothers involved in "virtually every aspect of the tar sands industry" ow.ly/aP7hQ @InsideClimate 7:20 AM May 10th via HootSuite
  18. Me and you both: imgur.com/7AYHo Plus, a billion other reasons. 12:40 PM Apr 30th via HootSuite
  19. Depressing: Pacific reef shark populations have declined a 90% ow.ly/aC1Pz via @twdonovan 12:37 PM Apr 30th via HootSuite
  20. EPA Regional administrator forced to resign for using biblical language to note #EPA under-asserts its authority ow.ly/aC1tv 12:33 PM Apr 30th via HootSuite
  • Name bcmerchant
  • Location Brooklyn, NY
  • Web http://utopianist...
  • Bio Green politics writer for TreeHugger, editor at the Utopianist. Other wordstuffs.
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