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Bright ideas for biking at night
Here's your guide to bike lights, reflectors, and not getting flattened while bicycling in the dark.
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Hey Big Soda, stop targeting black and Latino kids
A new study shows that major beverage companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi are aiming their advertising campaigns largely toward black and Latino youth.
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How do Whole Foods’ $6 cupcakes help Detroit’s urban poor?
A reporter's deep dive into Whole Foods' Detroit launch suggests that it will take more to change the inner-city foodscape than one new store.
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Congress is trying to squash one of the few examples of American leadership on climate
Obama has banned U.S. investment in most overseas coal plants. Republicans and fossil-fuel-loving Democrats want to undo that ban.
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These terrible governors won reelection and will keep on wreaking environmental havoc
Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, Florida’s Rick Scott, and Maine’s Paul LePage were all vulnerable -- and they all triumphed anyway.
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This poo-powered bus runs on the regular as long as you do
Move over, Popemobile. The poopmobile is heaven scent.
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No surprise, October was the hottest one ever
We're starting to sound like a broken heat record.
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Republicans were wrong about China’s climate commitment
The world's top emitter is pledging to cap coal use starting in 2020.
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Your city’s water would be cleaner if it had a magic island in it
Floating wetlands feed on nitrogen pollution in streams and ponds, stifling gross algal blooms and bringing some wildness back into cities.
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Farming in the face of climate change? Monsanto has an app for that
The GMO giant wants to help you beat climate change … with your phone.
