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The secret ingredient in your homemade jam may be coming from the lid
Sure, there's less BPA in use these days -- but, a reader asks Umbra, what about the plastics that replaced it in our cans and bottle tops?
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How much plastic is in our oceans? Ask the woman trying to clean it up
Carolynn Box, environmental program director of 5 Gyres, talks about what it's like to sail across the ocean, pulling up plastic in the middle of nowhere.
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Here’s where every single presidential candidate stands on Keystone — except Hillary Clinton
Rumor has it that Obama will reject the Keystone pipeline soon. We've rounded up the positions of all the people running to replace him.
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Amazing cucumber salad — and other recipes for your CSA veggies
Your cucumber salad will never be bland again with this great trick.
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Top 10 cities facing the most “danger days” due to climate change
Climate change will make danger days a lot more common over the next 15 years.
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San Francisco dreams up mean way to crack down on public urinators
Many cities have a pissing problem. Here's what some are doing about it.
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Thousands of felons are on the front lines of California’s forest fires
Over 30 percent of California's forest firefighters are prisoners.
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Meet the food justice and clean energy advocate who wants to shake up the nonprofit world
Diego Angarita Horowitz is a rising star in the nonprofit world. Now he's adding a business degree to his resume.
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Kids sue Obama over climate change
A youth coalition argues that the federal government shouldn't be supporting the fossil fuel industry.
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The pork industry is full of this drug you’ve never heard of
FDA-approved ractopamine helps pigs put on muscle, but not everyone thinks it's safe.
