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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.
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Black colleges deserve a spot in the green schools rankings
The Sierra Club's latest list of the greenest colleges doesn't include a single historically black college or university -- and that's not right.
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Why Montana is doing beef right
How Bozeman's Montana Meat Co. is building a better food system.
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Living close to a fracking well could have given you that rash
A new study from Yale -- the largest of its kind -- shows a correlation between living near a fracking site and having health problems.
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How to give a community a soul
Charming neighborhoods are not magic. They can be developed with smart public policy.
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The Weather Channel has your forecast for 2050
The Weather Channel joins the IPCC in predicting a chaotic future without climate action. Wear a raincoat.
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The secret to a happy life: revealed!
I don't want to brag, but while I was on sabbatical I discovered the secret to happiness.
