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This is what happens when you crowdfund an awesome marine park
Is this marine protected area the Potato Salad of crowdfunded conservation or the future of national parks?
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Food giants Cargill and General Mills believe in climate change. Will they defend themselves from it?
The ag heavyweights are coming to grips with the reality of global warming. But they're not ready to put their political dollars to work.
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What’s better, synthetic or standard motor oil?
A reader wonders which lube he should use in his new car. Umbra has answers in a jiffy.
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Teen killed in New Orleans believed in the power of food justice and gardens
George Carter, 15, helped transform the New Orleans school lunch culture into a healthier environment before he was murdered.
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Attack ads from green groups feature the Kochs as much as the climate
Watch some of the ads that hit Republican candidates for being beholden to wealthy polluters.
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Will South Florida be the shortest-lived state in the union?
The mayor of South Miami is fed up with Florida's refusal to address sea-level rise, which threatens to wipe out the southern end of the state.
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China’s coal use is actually dropping for the first time this century
It's a spot of good news in an otherwise gloomy news-scape.
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Bette Midler knows the plastic we should REALLY be worried about (it’s not surgery)
Look who's calling attention to ocean plastics now -- the Divine Miss M herself!
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Pumpkins’ biggest threat isn’t Mischief Night or Billy Corgan
California's neverending drought spares no plant, animal, or holiday tradition. Its latest victim: pumpkins.
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Watch dinosaurs defend the Gates Foundation’s farm policy
Some food activists are not happy with the Gates Foundation's programs to help farmers. But why? We boil the issue down in a new video.
