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“Rebel” cowboys say we have no right to kick their cattle off our public lands
You thought Cliven Bundy and his band of self-styled militiamen were outrageous? You obviously haven't met Wayne Hage.
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Why Michigan is doing compost right
How Detroit Dirt is building a better food system.
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Is necessity the mother of climate protest?
Massachusetts coal-barge civil disobedience settlement means that the "necessity defense" for climate protest remains tantalizingly untested in court.
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Climate film gets activists pumped for NYC march
"Disruption" debuted to an enthusiastic crowd, inspiring them to try to make the upcoming People's Climate March the biggest climate event ever.
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Get paid to make your commute awesome
Got an idea for how to make the daily trek less awful? This contest could make your dream come true.
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Bad news for Obama: Fracking may be worse than burning coal
New science shows that thanks to methane leaks, gas won't work as a "bridge fuel."
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About that novel
David Roberts told people he was going to write fiction during his year-long sabbatical. Here's why that didn't happen.
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Why Massachusetts is doing insect snacks right
How Cambridge's Six Foods is building a better food system.
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Do I really need to rinse my recyclables?
A reader wonders if he should bust out the scrub brush. Umbra says he'd be nutella not to.
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Why food prices scaled the peaks — and why it matters
You may not have felt a thing, but when food prices spiked in 2008 and 2011, they sent experts into a tizzy of debate over why it happened and what we can learn.
