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Ohio lawmakers: All right, folks, we guess it’s OK for you to buy Teslas
Ohio lawmakers have backed away from a potential ban on Tesla's sales centers, but they will only allow three of the centers to operate in their state.
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Fisheries and Aquaculture Fact Sheet
The world fish catch is a measure of the productivity and health of the oceanic ecosystem that covers 70 percent of the earth’s surface. The extent to which world demand for seafood is outrunning the sustainable yield of fisheries can be seen in shrinking fish stocks, declining catches, and collapsing fisheries. Seafood plays a vital […]
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These beauty pageant contestants are chickens
Meet Ayam Seramas, ornamental chickens bred solely for their good looks. (Honey Boo-Boo, step aside.)
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Half of voters have no idea who the Koch brothers are — so here’s a quick and dirty primer
Admittedly, the billionaire oil moguls aren't as bad as Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, or Chucky. Well, probably not, anyway.
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This powerful app brings organic farming into the Candy Crush age
The app is definitely more utilitarian than entertaining, but we'd rather have organic produce than crushed candy any day.
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Farmers and eaters: Why can’t we be friends?
Too often, city-dwelling organic shoppers and flyover-country farmers resent each other. But they're both really after the same things.
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Ask Umbra: Should I trade my big home in for a tiny house?
A reader wonders if a new tiny home would be greener than her old house. Umbra squeezes in an answer.
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Here’s why B.C.’s carbon tax is super popular — and effective
Just before the economic collapse in 2008, the Canadian province passed a tax on carbon emissions. Five years later, it's a case study in smart climate policy.
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Toto, our wind turbines are safe for another year!
Conservative lobbyists keep trying to kill Kansas' alternative energy mandate, and keep failing. On the plains, wind has support from both left and right.
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From single malt to sauvignon blanc: Scotland warms up to wine
That old specter of climate change strikes again, but this time it’s helping the Scots diversify their options for getting hammered.
