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When it comes to roads and rail, we force government to lie to us
California's high-speed rail is only the latest public megaproject to be stuck in the overpromise-overspend cycle -- because we make it hard for officials to be honest.
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Are women our best hope for fighting climate change?
They're definitely the ones who will be most screwed by it.
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Ask Umbra: Is “canned air” bad for the planet?
A reader threatens to use an air duster to clean her office. "Drop the spray can and step away from the computer," says Umbra. "We don't want anyone to get hurt."
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Foraged fruit leather is like a Fruit Roll-Up, only with fruit in it
We teach you how to make these treats using little more than foraged berries and the dashboard of your car.
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U.S. bikeshares have killed a shocking number of people
Roughly 23 million bikeshare rides have been taken since 2007, but no one has died and accident rates are low, according to experts.
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Fracking operations get even closer to drinking water sources than we thought
A new study reports that oil and gas companies frack at much shallower depths than they want you to know -- and much closer to water you might want to drink some day.
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Ants will save the world! Wait, ants?
Ants might be able to speed up carbon dioxide absorption in rocks. Is this a viable way to fight global warming?
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Tesla is becoming the 800-pound green jobs gorilla
As states vie for the automaker's new battery factory, it is being showered with tax breaks -- and California is even considering waiving environmental rules.
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When climate disaster strikes, just hit the reset button
Video games like the eerie "Mountain" can help explain climate change. But can they make us act before it's game over for real?
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Soy vey! Monsanto just lost its GM permit in the Yucatán
A judge in Mexico has ruled that genetically modified soy presents a danger to bees -- and also to the honey industry.
