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Keystone XL horror film finally makes the pipeline look as creepy as it really is
You should be as frightened of the KXL pipeline as you are of that serial killer.
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Africa’s first fair-trade clothing company is a huge deal
Liberty and Justice pays its garment workers a living wage and gives them a stake in the company -- and the results are amazing.
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Bay Area commits to 80 percent greenhouse gas reduction
The San Francisco Bay Area is starting to get serious about cutting climate pollution. That could be bad news for the area's refineries, and good news for the rest of us.
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People power beats corporate utility 2-to-1 in Boulder
Voters in Boulder, Colo., spurned Xcel Energy's big-money campaign and pushed toward a plan to create a publicly owned, renewably powered utility.
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Now you can go skiing on top of a trash incinerator
The weather outside is frightful, but the fire from discarded packaging is so delightful!
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Here’s what happens when a baby elk gets on a trampoline
It's hard to tell what the elk thinks about the ground suddenly being bouncy, but luckily, I speak elk.
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Ask Umbra: Can I line-dry my clothes in the winter, too?
A reader wonders if she needs to resort the dryer in the cooler months. She knows Umbra would never leave her hanging.
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Blood on the leaves: The hidden environmental story in “12 Years a Slave”
Steve McQueen's masterful film shows how subjugation of human beings went hand-in-hand with the ravaging of the Southern landscape -- a story that still echoes today.
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Kochs and Republicans launch bid to snuff out wind-energy tax incentives
The fossil fuel industry thinks Americans have had just about enough of federal handouts for sources of energy that aren't fossil fuels.
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U.N.: Hurry up on climate action or we’re screwed!
A U.N. report warns that we're failing to meet climate goals, and outlines how we could get back on track -- just in time to inspire delegates at next week's big climate confab.
