Latest Articles
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Nature called to say she’s over you — and she sounds suspiciously like Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, and Edward Norton lend their voices to inanimate entities for some passive aggressive human-shaming.
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How many times can I use a towel before it gets gross?
A reader wants to dry off responsibly. Umbra brings out the fold standby.
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How to pick mushrooms without poisoning yourself
The beginner's guide to mushroom hunting -- because every fungi forager has to start somewhere.
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Watch Morgan Freeman present an awesome vision of a green future
Attention, world leaders: When Morgan Freeman tells you to do something, you better do it.
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In the cities of the future, skyscrapers could be made out of wood
A Canadian architect thinks we should build skyscrapers out of wood to save the earth and climate a whole lotta hurt.
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Chicago’s garbage trucks will be rollin’ on volts
Our trash won't be riding dirty for too much longer. North America's first electric garbage truck is rolling through Chicago.
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Here’s why landlubbers should care about the ocean
If your eyes are already glazing over, bear with me -- here are 6 ways you should be thinking about the ocean.
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Jon Stewart reminds us it’s climate change that’ll kill us, not Ebola or ISIS
Yes, even if Ebola piggybacked on ISIS across our porous border.
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The SXSW kids are about to get schooled by the dean of environmental justice
Robert Bullard, who keynotes the eco-geek conference, says the war for climate justice will be won (or lost) in the South.
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No, we should not abandon the 2C target
Two academics argue that the international community should drop the long-held goal of limiting global average temperature rise to 2 degrees C or less. Here’s why they’re wrong.
