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Wish you could fertilize crops with pee? Urine luck
The Rich Earth Institute leads the way in showing America how to "peecycle."
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Attn. babies: Don’t be born poor and black in North Carolina
A new EPA study finds that poor black kids are more likely to arrive in this world underweight and undernourished, on top of being underprivileged.
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Want everyone else to buy into environmentalism? Never say “Earth”
A veteran marketer says green organizations must drop the nature imagery, talk about people, and repeat, repeat, repeat if they want to move the needle on climate.
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Don’t worry: Your rail trail is (probably) safe
A Supreme Court ruling this week was a bit of bad news for rails-to-trails advocates, but it won't actually affect most such trails.
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San Francisco moves to ban plastic water bottles, scoffs at every other sad city
San Francisco is clearly vying for the title of Most Sustainable City in the United States.
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Talk talk: Political junkies discuss Senate chat on climate
Watch some people (including Grist's Ben Adler) talk about other people (senators) talking about stuff (the state of the climate). So meta!
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This invasive worm could wipe out escargot
If you like French food, we've got some bad news: Snails could go extinct throughout Europe.
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Depressing new study says you’re right to freak out about climate change
Bad news: Our CO2 will warm the planet even more than previously thought. (Now go look at some cute animals or something, OK?)
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This depressing animated map shows Walmart taking over America
Here's an unsettling look at the Walmart-ification of the U.S., starting in Arkansas in 1962 and ending with total domination. Er, thousands of stores.
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An annoyed Tesla employee created this coloring book about electric cars
Ayumi Kim got tired of explaining that yes, if you hit a wombat, your electric car will probably be fine.
