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U.N. says the ozone layer will be a little less screwed — a long time from now
A new report hints that what's good for the ozone layer may be bad for climate change.
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Why Nevada is doing farm-to-table right
How Mario Batali's Las Vegas restaurants are building a better food system.
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This nutty professor lives in a dumpster
Jeff Wilson has moved into a 33-square-foot trash container in an effort to create a "low-impact, zero-net-waste" life.
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Good news! Creeks are safer for swimming
Bad news: Creeks aren't safer for swimming if you are a bug.
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Texas official is freaking out about school ‘Meatless Monday’
Texas' top agriculture official, Todd Staples, lashes out at a school district for its radical decision to go meat-free one day a week.
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The drought is destroying California’s organic dairy farms
For 20 years, organics have provided a future for a dying industry. Dry times are changing that.
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Why Nebraska is doing food education right
How this Omaha Chevy is building a better food system.
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This legendary accounting firm ran the numbers on climate change
We're 20 years away from catastrophe, says PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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How much water does a lawn really need?
A reader frets that her employer runs the sprinklers non-stop. Umbra says over-watering is a total turnoff.
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Why Americans love to hate the train — and always have
A cross-country train trip serves as a reminder that Big Rail once called all the shots, until we pushed back against its reshaping of the U.S. landscape.
