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A reader wonders when hydrogen-powered vehicles will rule the road. Umbra takes a look under the hood.

Ask Umbra® Technology

It is not in fact true that we're doomed to face a "catastrophic failure of the planet."

David Roberts Culture

The idea that cutting food assistance will help move poor people towards self-sufficiency looks like a pipe dream.

Nathanael Johnson Politics

ProPublica's interactive 50-state map is the best tour guide yet for this increasingly common hazard of North America's energy boom.

Heather Smith Technology

Leroy Mwasaru and his team tackled shoddy sanitation with a bioreactor that produces cooking fuel from so-called waste.

Sam Bliss Technology

Food that’s not eaten still has a climate impact, after all, and beyond that, pie in the trash in an honest-to-God crime.

Eve Andrews Culture

In the odd world of political media, whiny business interests are quoted extensively, while health benefits to the public are ignored.

David Roberts Politics

A reader wonders where to look for the greenest threads. Umbra stitches together a plan.

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Ben Simon is the cofounder of a nonprofit that redistributes leftover campus dining hall food to the hungry.

Liz Core Culture

The Buy Nothing Project has launched more than 300 local Facebook groups that make it easy for people to share things with their neighbors.

Lisa Hymas Culture

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