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There’s a scary toxin in your beer can, and it isn’t alcohol
BPA is in beer cans -- even your local, small-batch, organic smoked stout.
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We need to talk about your old basement TV
By collecting old electronics instead of replacing them, we're making the energy efficiency of new devices kind of meaningless.
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That’s not a sheep, it’s a WiFi router! (It’s also a sheep.)
As farm animals help expand networks in rural areas, side effects could include decreased attention spans and ruminanty Facebook rants.
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This map shows the freakiest places to ride a bike in NYC
This is your brain. This is your brain wired up with electrodes and forced to pedal through New York's terrifying concrete jungle.
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What you should know about this week’s U.N. climate talks
There’s another climate confab happening right now in Geneva. Maybe you have some questions about it. Good, because we have some answers.
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Sea-level rise wins a Grammy even Kanye would approve of
Pulitzer-prize-winning composer John Luther Adams wrote an orchestral piece about ... sea-level rise. Here's what he thinks art can do for the environment.
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Watch our juicy explainer about the environment’s growing economics problem
This video makes the case for degrowth, an idea that's about producing and consuming less for our well-being and the planet's.
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Is it greener to buy a new car or drive the old one into the ground?
A reader is feline unsure about buying a new, fuel-efficient car. Umbra says it's better to make the leap, and she's not lion.
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Naomi Klein on why low oil prices could be a great thing
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for climate activists to attack Big Oil while it's weak and shift us toward cleaner energy.
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What’s a watermelon radish, and what do I do with it?
A great discovery, an even better pickle, and what to do with your latest CSA haul.
