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A reader wants to know whether "single stream" recycling is more efficient than the usual sort-paper-and-plastic approach. Umbra digs up the answer.

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Get a sense of your carnivorous footprint on the environment.

Clayton Aldern Culture

He recently called for cutting tax credits for wind, solar, oil, and gas. Here's what he'll call for next.

Ben Adler Politics

Congress is deadlocked on extending the Highway Trust Fund. Maybe it's time to rethink the whole idea.

Heather Smith Technology

It's a SAD lamp, but for tomatoes.

Ana Sofia Knauf Food

A new report suggests that electric bill savings could be even more extreme than the EPA projects.

Clayton Aldern Climate & Energy

Construction begins on a new clean energy project off the coast of Rhode Island.

Clayton Aldern Technology

The practice is gaining popularity in drought-plaged California, but is it safe?

Josh Harkinson Technology

A new poll finds that swing-state voters are split along partisan lines -- of course.

John Light Culture

A visit to the UC-Davis slaughterhouse to watch the transition from livestock to meat offers some lessons in anxiety and respect.

Nathanael Johnson Food

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