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A Kenyan kid turns his friends’ poop into clean energy
Leroy Mwasaru and his team tackled shoddy sanitation with a bioreactor that produces cooking fuel from so-called waste.
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Thanksgiving leftovers? Nah. Turkey empanadas? You bet.
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.
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Politico’s normal, awful story on EPA’s new air rule
In the odd world of political media, whiny business interests are quoted extensively, while health benefits to the public are ignored.
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Shopping tips for the eco-minded dresser
A reader wonders where to look for the greenest threads. Umbra stitches together a plan.
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This entrepreneur turns leftover cafeteria food into hot meals for hungry people
Ben Simon is the cofounder of a nonprofit that redistributes leftover campus dining hall food to the hungry.
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Join a Buy Nothing group and feel warm ‘n’ fuzzy
The Buy Nothing Project has launched more than 300 local Facebook groups that make it easy for people to share things with their neighbors.
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Here’s what you need to know about Obama’s new rules on ozone and smog
You can be thankful that the air you breathe will soon be a little cleaner. And if we all push the EPA, it might get even cleaner still.
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This Native American activist was kicked out of the Senate for singing thanks
"Goosebumps crawled up my arms and I thought to myself, SING! Sing you fool!" says Greg Grey Cloud, the Sioux whose song made Elizabeth Warren grimace.
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In Oregon, GMO labeling lost by 800 votes. Now it’s getting a recount
Corrected ballots tightened the race enough to trigger an automatic recount, so the initiative gets another lease on life.
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Watch this turkey run away from Thanksgiving in slow motion
Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be America's national bird -- if he'd had this amazing video on his side, he might have won.
