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What farm cooperatives can do for the food system — and farmers
Cooperatives aren't a panacea, but they could get regionally sourced pancetta to a supermarket near you.
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Flying a solar plane across the Pacific is about as easy as it sounds
Inside the Solar Impulse 2, a 5,000-pound plane powered by nothing but sunshine.
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The smog that texted me
A new Sierra Club service will message you when the air gets really bad in your area.
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In Germany, elderly bike messengers will deliver your local veggies
It's the Germans' answer to Amazon drones, and it's way, way better.
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Just like you, NASA wants to send your kids to Mars — but for different reasons
Watch the Human to Mars summit livestream this week, and see how NASA plans to get our asses to Mars.
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New EPA carbon rules would save thousands of lives, science says
The Obama administration's proposed rules for power plants could save nearly 5,000 lives a year in the U.S. alone.
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Seattle’s mayor gums up Shell’s Arctic drilling plans
The oil giant wants to park its Arctic drilling rigs in Seattle's port, but the city is throwing up roadblocks.
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Could wildfires undermine California’s grand climate goals?
California has the most ambitious climate plan in the nation, but if it loses too many trees to fire, it will have a hard time meeting its targets.
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Democratic voters care about climate change, and they could put the heat on Clinton
Fifteen percent of Democrats in a new poll said climate change was their top priority. That’s enough to push the issue into the spotlight.
