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The oil boom in one slick infographic
There's a mess of oil (and oil data) out there. This nifty interactive infographic will help you make sense of it all.
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Just how friendly are your “bee-friendly” plants?
"Bee-deadly" might be more accurate thanks to widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides. But now retailers like Home Depot are trying to fix the problem.
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To motivate climate activists, use optimism
Hope is critical as a motivator in the very doom-heavy world of climate change activism, according to a new study.
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Yes, it’s getting hotter in the U.S. — but the humidity will kill you
Hotter temperatures mixed with humidity will make it unbearable to live in, oh, everywhere.
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Farm stands turn your backyard kale into cold, hard cash
Farm stands enable your neighbors to sell you farmers-market-quality produce with lemonade-stand convenience. But not all cities are psyched about them.
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The greenest man in America doesn’t drive a Prius or shop at Whole Foods
Lipo Chanthanasak's activism is so organic, granola gets jealous.
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Obama is absolutely lambasting Republicans on climate change now
The Democrats are increasingly using climate change as a wedge, marginalizing Republicans as elections approach.
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How can we break the cycle of bigger farms and fewer farmers?
A new documentary, Dryland, illustrates the brutal logic of rural depopulation. But the process isn't inevitable.
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I got 99 climate change problems — don’t make sexual harassment one
As a friend and fellow woman out in the warming world succinctly put it: “It got hot out, I put on a dress, people said things to me.”
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Ask Umbra: How many times can you recycle paper, anyway?
A reader wonders how far recycled paper can go. Umbra delivers.
