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Meet the Senate leaders who plan to gut the EPA and approve Keystone
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the new Republican committee chairs are all hostile to climate action.
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Relax — California isn’t about to dump pesticides on organic farms
A new state report outlines some edge-case scenarios, but mostly, California's pest control strategies do a good job of protecting the interests of green farmers.
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Can a vegan ever truly love a carnivore?
A reader wonders whether two hearts can meat. Umbra says vegan start by accepting each other for who we are.
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This new bike bottle fills itself with water
An Austrian designer just crafted a new water bottle that could change the way we look at both biking and water scarcity.
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4 reasons Republicans are losing their sh*t over the U.S.-China climate deal
The GOP is really not happy about this new agreement. Here's why.
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5 more things to celebrate besides the big new climate deal
We’ve cherry-picked a few other good news items to keep your serotonin levels elevated.
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California drought leads to a black market for water
California's worst-in-history drought is creating a whole new revenue stream for water poachers.
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We’ve never seen so many climate hawks happy at one time
Climate hawks are exhibiting rare displays of optimism on Twitter, thanks to the new U.S-China agreement. See them while they last!
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Bikes created 655,000 jobs in Europe
That's more than the entire European mining and quarrying industry -- not bad for a hippie hobby, right?
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No, Obama’s carbon limits won’t mean massive power outages
Our electric grid's overseer warns that the EPA’s Clean Power Plan threatens the reliability of our power systems, but climate change itself is a bigger danger to dependability.