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Here’s your chance to chat with Michael Pollan
Join us for a live video interview with bestselling author Michael Pollan on Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. ET.
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Bottled water comes from the most drought-ridden places in the country
Popular brands like Aquafina and Dasani source from catastrophically dry parts of the West.
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Keystone XL could be even worse than you thought
The pipeline could lead to up to four times as much CO2 pollution as the State Department has estimated, according to a new study.
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5 things I learned from DOJ’s elder statesman on environmental justice
A chance meeting in a Washington, D.C., bookstore turned into an hours-long conversation. Here are the highlights.
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Teaching a humongous foundation to listen to small farmers
Sam Dryden led the Gates Foundation's farm program for five years, guided less by his background in Big Ag than his upbringing on a hardscrabble Appalachian farm.
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Fabien Cousteau pulls a Spongebob to live at the bottom of the sea for a month
This grandson of Jacques just lived in a James Bond-style undersea capsule, studying the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs.
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Ask Umbra: How can I green up my back-to-school shopping?
A reader frets that his buying binge could be bad for the planet. Umbra says this three-ring shopping circus can really get you in a bind.
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Sort of like the love train, but with a rapping polar bear
From Emeryville, Calif., to the Big Apple, by rail, for the big September climate rally. It only takes three days. But there are workshops!
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What to do with an overload of chard
Learn how to prep and use (lots of) Swiss chard -- a savory slab galette with Gruyère is a great place to start.
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No, climate change won’t kill the planet. But it’ll kill plenty of people.
This new slogan -- "It's not warming, it's dying" -- is bad in so many ways.
