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Victory in Georgia: Students Continue to Make Progress Against Campus Coal Plants

I am thrilled for students at the University of Georgia: After more than four years of campaigning, gathering more than 5,000 signatures and 100 faculty endorsements, and a slew of community and campus events, the UGA Beyond Coal Campaign is seeing some serious results. Last week the UGA administration announced that the campus coal boiler […]

Mary Anne Hitt Uncategorized

Billions of pounds of sea life die every year to feed our seafood appetite

For every pound of sashimi or sea bass that you stuff into your mouth, you're basically spitting four ounces of marine life onto the floor.

John Upton Food

This smart air conditioner could make summer less expensive

This A/C unit is pretty, almost affordable ($300), and not a huge energy hog. Oh yeah, and you can control it with your smartphone!

Holly Richmond Technology

This island nation just banned all commercial fishing

There’s just one small burp in the plan: Palau only has one boat to enforce the ban in a 200-mile area.

Holly Richmond Culture

Trash from the K-Cups sold last year would circle the Earth almost 11 times

Kind of ridiculous for a company owned by a fair-trade, organic coffee brand, no?

Holly Richmond Technology

Ask Umbra: What’s the greenest way to re-side my house?

A reader wonders if polypropylene paneling is any better than vinyl. Umbra thinks outside the box.

Ask Umbra® Technology

Habitats for humanity: Why our cities need to be ecosystems, too

Weave nature into our cities, an urban and environmental planning professor says, and "we're likely to be better human beings."

Greg Hanscom Culture

Has modern agriculture cleaned up its dirty runoff act?

Farmers today don't muddy rivers as much as they used to -- but the full downstream picture is still quite dark.

Nathanael Johnson Food

Global buying spree is saving solar panel manufacturers

A year after an oversupply of solar panels triggered corporate collapses, skyrocketing demand is helping the sector recover.

John Upton Technology

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