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Boycotting the Koch brothers? Better get a new brand of toilet paper
You might be contributing to the Kochs' mountain of money without even knowing it.
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Why is Walmart making us fat?
A new paper suggests that big box supercenters, higher cigarette prices, and fewer blue-collar jobs all contribute to obesity.
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Senate approves Keystone — and here’s why that doesn’t matter
The Senate has wasted the entire month of January debating a bill that Obama is going to veto.
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Hoffice sounds like a cult — and I want to join it
In the morning, a laptop brigade streams into your home, and then things start to take a turn for the bizarre.
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We are very confused about Jared Leto’s (very sick) SUV
Leto's Ford Bronco gets approximately 12 miles to the gallon, about the same as a Hummer H2.
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Air pollution actually messes with your genes
Sometimes you just have to put people in a smog chamber and dose them with diesel. For science.
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Is video streaming greener than DVDs?
A reader frets that her home entertainment habits may be rubbing the climate the wrong way. Umbra scratches below the surface.
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Why a military general declared war on polluters
Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré is leading a charge against Louisiana's biggest polluters. Is a gubernatorial run next?
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This beer is literally made from piss
Pouring purified pee down your throat might seem, well, disgusting, but bear with us for a moment.
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What if virtual reality is our best chance to save the planet?
The Sundance premiere of Racing Extinction was pretty depressing -- but not for the obvious reasons.
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London is building Europe’s longest bike superhighway
The billion-dollar "segregated cycleway" will stretch approximately 18 miles directly through the center of the city.
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Coral reefs are about to crash in a big way
Something really, really terrible is about to happen to our coral.
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TV networks now cover climate change, but they’re doing it wrong
According to a new study, the major broadcast news networks are covering climate change more than they have in years. The bad news: A lot of it is misleading and unscientific.
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Procrastinators, rejoice: Now you can cook with that old Christmas tree
This new kind of urban foraging is complete with a dash of dumpster diving.
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Obama’s Atlantic drilling plan criticized by Democrats
A group of Senate Democrats from the Northeast is pushing back on the Obama administration's proposal to open new areas of the Atlantic Ocean to oil and gas drilling.
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But seriously, folks — this stand-up economist says Republicans will like his carbon tax
Comiconomist Yoram Bauman has a carbon tax plan for Washington state. The punch line: He thinks he can get both political parties on board.
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How a black kid who grew up in the segregated South became a barefisted biologist
Tyrone Hayes took on a massive chemical company over the impacts of its top-selling herbicide. His story is the subject of a new Amazon original documentary, produced by The New Yorker.
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Seattle to shame residents for throwing away food
The city will shame and fine residents for putting compostable food in the trash bin.
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Utility bosses see change coming, look to clean and distributed energy
A survey of utility execs also finds that a majority of them support Obama's power-plant rules or think they should be strengthened.
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Forget foam — now we can grow better takeout containers
Bricks that grow themselves, plastic made of mushrooms ... the future is a weird and wonderful place.
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We are literally breaking polar bear penises now
It seems we shall spare the polar bear no indignity: PCB pollution is weakening the species' penis bone.
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We can’t have resilience without justice
When trust is missing, communities don't come together in times of crisis. We need to build trust to be resilient to the shocks of the future.
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When wine runs dry, these drones have your back
Vineyards are drying out thanks to climate change -- but high-tech surveillance drones might just save them. Welcome to our weird new world!
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Tomato bluefin? Eggplant eel? Sushi joins the faux meat trend
As the sustainable seafood movement continues gaining traction, chefs are starting to update sushi classics with fish-less, vegetarian alternatives.
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19 tweets that explain how we’re stifling electricity innovation
A rant about the abysmal state of innovation and progress in the U.S. electricity sector.
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This guy will pay your dumpster-diving fines
Rob Greenfield wants you to dumpster dive so much, he'll pay your fines if you get caught.
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We can solve climate change, but it won’t be cheap or easy
Climate modeling often shows that it's possible to decarbonize at low cost. But "possible" is a long way from practical, or likely.
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Al Gore is still kicking butt as a climate warrior
He's reviving Live Earth. He's telling truths to the 1%. He sticks up for the 350 ppm goal. He bashes Keystone. Gore is a global rock star.
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What’s the safest way to take my baby on the bus?
A reader wants to take his baby on public transit. Umbra has some railly great advice.
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Why I refuse to be a woman afraid of walking alone at night
Women shouldn't just be safe in the city; they should feel safe.
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India and U.S. agree on some energy deals — but no emission cuts
The two countries will work together to expand nuclear and solar power, but they aren’t saying anything about curbing coal or CO2.
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Here’s an excellent analogy about climate change and developing countries
What if you showed up late to a dinner party, missed the food, and then got stuck doing the dishes?
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Obama to protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The president is picking a big fight with oil-lovin' Republicans, and the green community is delighted.
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Didn’t think red cabbage could be exciting? Think again
Make the most out of your red cabbage with a vibrant, addictive salad -- plus a million other ways to love cabbage more.
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Climate and population are linked — but maybe not the way you thought
No, this isn't about blaming people with large families in developing countries -- or blaming anyone at all.
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Tom Steyer is not running for Senate, and that’s a good thing
Now the billionaire climate activist can focus on electing other climate hawks and fighting fossil-fueled disinformation campaigns.
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Texas takes civil rights challenge all the way to the Supreme Court
The legal dispute revolves around fair housing policies, but it could undermine a key tenet of environmental justice law.
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Forget aliens — these NASA drones track methane
The space agency is adapting technology used to test for life on Mars to help preserve it here on Earth.
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The Exelon-Pepco merger: Big, nuke-heavy utility looking for new ratepayers to fleece
Giant utility company Exelon has a failing business model and a plan to prop it up. Both ratepayers and clean energy will get screwed in the process.
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At least a couple GOP presidential contenders accept climate science, and that matters
Mitt Romney is back to acknowledging that climate change is real. And Lindsey Graham, a climate realist by Republican standards, might run for president too.
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Love letters to Thor, whose things we found in the melting ice
A team of archaeologists in Norway have uncovered a number of artifacts revealed as ancient layers of ice start to melt away.
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