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Ask Umbra: Is it OK to recycle bottles that have been full of chemicals?
A reader wonders if motor oil and cleaners could contaminate her recycling. Umbra can hardly container self.
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You’ve never seen an LED lamp like this
The lighted sheet looks like a magical page from an unpublished Harry Potter book. (Or a glow-in-the-dark Barbie hammock.)
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London is installing bus sensors to hopefully kill fewer people
Nearly two-thirds of deaths on London’s roads were pedestrians or cyclists. Now the city is doing something about that.
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Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling: Bad for greens, good for Kochs
Rich Americans will now be able to give the maximum amount to every congressional candidate in the country. Score one for dirty energy barons.
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Leaked documents reveal SeaWorld is drugging its orcas
An affidavit reveals SeaWorld is giving its orcas benzos to make them chill out and stop attacking each other.
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Vermont expands solar net metering, gives finger to ALEC
The polluter-funded American Legislative Exchange Council has also failed to roll back solar programs in Utah, Washington, and Arizona.
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Congress members ask EPA to reopen three fracking investigations
Eight U.S. reps are calling on the EPA to research possible links between fracking and water pollution. The agency abandoned the investigations over the last two years.
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Light pollution could be contributing to cancer, depression, and obesity
Our bodies need darkness to produce the hormone melatonin, and melatonin protects our DNA, ultimately preventing cancer.
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Japan has been ordered to end its infamous illegal whale hunt
People eating whale meat isn’t exactly "scientific research," so the U.N.'s highest court laid down the law.
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You can pry my grandkids’ sheet cake from my cold, dead hands
In an effort to dissuade young Americans from a diet of Funyuns and unadulterated corn syrup, the USDA has turned to their grandparents.
