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Ask Umbra: What kind of wood floors should I buy?
A reader wonders if he can get a pass on imported hardwood, since it's fast-growing and bee-yutiful. Umbra polishes up his understanding of sustainable timber.
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Coffee, mate? Here’s how to make flavored coffee creamer at home
Make spiced vanilla creamer and bring your morning cup of joe to the next level.
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Featured Friend: Isabel S.
Each month, we showcase one of our beloved Friends with Benefits — folks who have donated to support our work. Want to take your relationship with Grist to the next level? Just donate any amount to join the fun. Isabel S. “This article on farming with nitrogen fertilizer inspired my science project” Thanks, Isabel. Kids like you inspire […]
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In the American West, a battle unfolds over bugs, climate change, and the fate of an iconic species
To delist or not to delist? When it comes to grizzly bears' "threatened" designation, it's not clear they are out of the woods, as the woods itself is threatened by climate change.
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![The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota in this undated photograph released on January 18, 2012.]()
![The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota in this undated photograph released on January 18, 2012.]()
Low impact: State Department says Keystone won’t hurt much at all
The latest report isn’t the final word, but it gives President Obama one more excuse to approve the pipeline project protesters detest most.
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What kind of a U.N. envoy will Mike Bloomberg be?
New York's ex-mayor will travel the globe as U.N. special envoy on cities and climate change. Can a billionaire credibly address global inequality?
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Great Barrier Reef will be smothered with silt, because coal
An Australian agency has given Indian and Australian coal mining companies permission to dump silt from a dredging project in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
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Bees exposed to neonic pesticides suck at gathering pollen
Bumblebees reared by scientists on pesticide-laced diets had trouble finding and gathering pollen.
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Oh rot: Climate change could topple Northwest’s Douglas fir forests
Root-rotting fungi already take a huge bite out of the region's timber business. Now, scientists warn that it will get much worse.
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The number of monarch butterflies that made it to Mexico is at all-time low
This is a pretty good indication of butterfly suffering.
