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Ask Umbra: Is there really BPA in my recycled toilet paper?
A reader is distraught about the petrochemicals in her paper products. Umbra wipes away her tears.
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Thanks to coal, U.S. CO2 emissions are up. Good thing Obama’s about to regulate coal plants.
A five-year decline in U.S. CO2 emissions is over, and the main culprit is increased coal burning.
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Can hungry microbes save the world’s imperiled frogs?
They may be small, but they're ruthless, and they're out to get the fungus that is killing amphibians the world over.
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The senator and the moose: Whitehouse makes the climate case in New Hampshire
Rhode Island's Senator Who Cares About Climate goes on a fact-finding mission to the Granite State -- and finds it's all about the moose.
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Just store your bike on the ceiling — it looks SUPER easy (ahem)
Simply knock a hole in your ceiling (your landlady won’t mind), throw some glass up there, add some bungee cords, and voila!
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Roll your eyes at the beer fridge that promises to “save the world”
The eCool stores 24 cans o’ brew underground, keeping them cool until your next barbecue or backyard picnic.
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Your family feud is more likely to be about global warming than guns or abortion
Does life start when a sperm high-fives an egg, or do they have to make out? Who cares? Climate change is WAY more fun to argue about!
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How African Americans beat one of the most racist institutions: The swimming pool
That old saying that "black people don't swim"? It's both true and undeserved -- just like the notion that we don't like the outdoors.
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Beetles and climate change helped create this huge wildfire in Alaska
A megafire broke out this week along Alaska's southern coast, which could be a sign of what's to come for the warming state.
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Obama’s foreign policy doctrine includes climate action
In his speech, he made a brief call for multilateral cooperation on a climate treaty, but he should have said more about the serious threats posed by global warming.
