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Forget potato salad — fund this science project and help cure the climate
Once upon a time, this super-plant may have geoengineered the planet. Now scientists want to sequence its genome to learn its secret.
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Take back the streets, ladies — two wheels at a time
Wait – shh – did you hear that? It’s the sound of biking women around the world saying, “Enough of this BS.”
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Cryptic rapper Lil B drops environmental wisdom. Here are his greatest hits
Behold the next coming of Van Jones -- or rather “Vans” Jones: Lil B the Based God.
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Ask Umbra: Can I survive in the city with just a bike?
A reader wonders whether she can ditch her car. Umbra offers some wheely good advice.
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Billions of oil dollars will buy you the largest mall in the world
World's largest indoor amusement park included.
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Easy tip for biking in a skirt: Put a penny in yo’ pants
These women love bikes as much as they love skirts -- and don't think the two need to be mutually exclusive.
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![Firefighters battle the so-called Poinsettia Fire in Carlsbad, California May 14, 2014.]()
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House Republicans to EPA: “We’ll take your money and give it to fires!”
The GOP wants to cut EPA funding and block the agency from regulating CO2, while steering some of that money to firefighting efforts.
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While away the hours to your inevitable demise with this green burial documentary
"A Will for the Woods" follows a cancer patient looking for a way to connect with nature in death.
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Enough of the climate-denying clowns, say BBC bigwigs
When it comes to science reporting, let's stick to the, uh, science, says the independent BBC Trust.
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This weed is taking over the planet. On the upside, it’s delicious
Palmer amaranth, a.k.a. pigweed, is defying all our efforts to beat it back. Why not eat it instead?
