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Use your dead pet to power the grid. It’s what Miss Toots would have wanted
Pet cemeteries are the new Hummers, enormous animal corpse processors are the new Teslas!
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What climate marchers learned from anti-nuke organizers
The largest demonstration in U.S. history was a nuclear disarmament rally in New York in 1982. Today's climate activists are following that lead.
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We just had the hottest August ever
This summer brought a number of new heat records -- most worryingly, the hottest oceans on record.
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At continent’s edge, a rail epic concludes, pursued by tank cars
There's nothing quite like the conversations you have on a long railroad trip. But sooner or later, even the wildest digressions have to end.
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On climate, how far gone is the far right? (Spoiler: far)
Climate communicators badly want to believe that it's possible to reach the Tea Party. Recent episodes from far-right conservatism cast doubt on that proposition.
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Why Scotland’s independence vote matters for climate change
How would an independent Scotland pay for its clean energy future?
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Why North Carolina is doing jam right
How Farmer's Daughter is building a better food system in the North Carolina Piedmont.
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Civil rights heroes offer climate marchers a little wisdom
Dorie and Joyce Ladner helped organize some of the biggest protests of the civil rights era. Here's what they have to say to activists today.
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What’s the greenest way to get drunk?
A reader wants to drink alcohol without hurting the environment. Umbra bears with him.
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Environmental justice works — and these folks show us how
Activists around the country are shaping public decisions -- and reshaping their communities for the better.
