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Climate change is a real (Canadian) peach
On the sweeter side of climate change, Canadians are now growing grapes and peaches.
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What’s the difference between eating pork belly and puppy belly? Not much
Hal Herzog has spent 30 years studying the unique relationships people have with animals. Here are his thoughts on our weird relationship with meat.
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We broke a whole lotta climate records in 2014
Here are four key points to draw from the State of the Climate report.
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Big Coal is freaking out over this latest Obama move
Mountaintop-removal miners have a long tradition of polluting and burying streams. New rules would make them clean up their act a little.
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Want to know why U.S. tomatoes suck? Because we don’t care about flavor
The cost of being a thrifty grocery shopper: crappy tomatoes.
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This seaweed tastes like bacon. We repeat: This seaweed tastes like bacon
Finally, bacon can get stop getting a bum rap for crushing vegetarian dreams.
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Can you have kids and still be a good person?
The latest episode of "The Adaptors" looks into a question that most people think about but few like to talk about.
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How can I binge-watch and save energy at the same time?
A reader wants to know how to do her binge-watching in the most sustainable way. Umbra goes True Detective on this one.
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Climate change is making wildfires worse and wildfires are making climate change worse
That's the bummer conclusion of a new study.
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A restaurant isn’t “sustainable” if all its entrees contain meat
From fancy farm-to-table spots to hipster burger joints, too many restaurants focus on meat, and that’s terrible for the climate.