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Is Chipotle the McDonald’s of the future — or the future of McDonald’s?
As old-school fast food loses our gullets, new-school fast food is winning our wallets. It's not exactly a revolution, but the change is for the better.
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Baths vs. showers, an eco-smackdown
A reader frets that taking long baths may be bad for the planet. Umbra says she's in hot water.
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Meet Obama’s chief resilience officer
Harriet Tregoning, a rock star in the world of smart growth and urban planning, is now the head of HUD’s Office of Economic Resilience.
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The only time driving and booze mix: Scotch biofuels
Scottish researchers could make your post-work Rusty Nail a little more eco-conscious. Cheers!
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Drop everything and watch this video of our gorgeous planet
This time-lapse from the International Space Station will stop you in your tracks.
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Tesla co-founder wants to reinvent the … garbage truck?
Ian Wright wants to electrify big autos -- and when cleaning up the streets, where better to start than with garbage trucks?
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California communities seize control of their energy futures
Here's the coolest thing happening in the electricity world right now: communities banding together and buying their own (cleaner) power, bypassing utilities.
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Here’s ONE geoengineering scheme that isn’t crazy
Sucking excess CO2 from the air could likely be our best hope for returning concentrations to pre-industrial levels. If it works.
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Meet the invasives: We’ve got crabs, but maybe they’re not so bad
It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week. But are they really scary invaders, or exciting new neighbors? The choice is yours.
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Micro-living isn’t just a Portlandia sketch — it’s my life
This fictional home has a bathtub and I don’t even have a bathroom sink, but I get it: Tiny living is not easy.
