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Canadians are eating tar-sands pollution
New research paints an alarming picture of wildlife being contaminated by tar-sands extraction -- wildlife that First Nations have long hunted for food.
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Vegetarians live longer, pollute less — and you no longer have to take their word for it
New research shows that a vegetarian diet is good for you and the climate, both. Just please, go easy on the lentils.
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Why Tom Steyer is not a hypocrite
He used to invest in coal projects, but he doesn't anymore, and the climate movement is happy to welcome people who've newly seen the light.
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Rats! Rodent poison kills hawks, too
A grassroots movement in California begins to make headway in a fight to protect rat-eating hawks from rodenticides.
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Whale poop may help fight climate change
Biologists say the majestic swimmers' "pump" mechanism filters the oceans of carbon.
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Need to charge your phone while herding? There’s an ass for that
Turkish herders found the most obvious solution to keeping their cellphones juiced: solar panels on donkeys.
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Ask Umbra: Is it safe to water veggies from my rain barrels?
A reader wonders if he can use rain barrel water for his garden. Umbra collects her thoughts.
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Is the Anthropocene a world of hope or a world of hurt?
For better or worse, we're running this planet now. What's wrong with saying we might be able to pull that off? A conversation between Andrew Revkin and Clive Hamilton.
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Cooperative organic farming takes root in Kentucky
Nelson Escobar brought traditional ideas of collective, community-sustaining farming from his home in El Salvador to Louisville, Ky.
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Want to empower African American kids? Give them bikes
From 2001 to 2009, the rates of cycling among African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians grew far more than among whites. Ed Ewing is working hard to keep that trend going.
