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Is there a beanbag chair I can rest easy on?
Are there better choices than little white plastic pellets to fill that blobby comfy chair? Of course! Umbra investigates.
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Watch us explain how to feed the world and end poverty at the same time
All the complex and amazing truth about getting the whole world onto a better-for-the-planet diet, boiled down to this one little video.
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In California, people of color are dangerously close to oil train disasters
A new report finds that minority and low-income residents are more likely to live in California's oil train "blast zone."
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Move over corn. Cacti can power cars, too
Cacti and other plants that thrive in arid landscapes could be the future of biofuels, according to new research.
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So now we have beautiful underwater greenhouses. Why? Why not!
They're already producing strawberries, basil, and lettuce -- all at 20 feet below sea level.
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Happy Canada Day! There are needles in my potato
Who could be planting needles in Canadian potatoes? Those goddamn, water-loving environmentalists are suspected!
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Lego wants to remake its famous bricks with sustainable plastic
The toy company wants to lighten its carbon footprint by making those stray Legos more eco-friendly. Our actual feet, however, will never be safe.
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What environmentalists can take from a week of progressive wins
I’m gay, I’m green, and for the first time in a while, I’m excited.
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Who protects electronic workers from toxic chemicals?
Inside the story of the hundreds of lawsuits filed against IBM in the late 1990s on behalf of cancer-stricken workers.
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Celebrate Independence Day with these rad women (and popsicles)
There's no better conversation starter than the sick things that women are doing in all the many green spheres that we love.
