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How to find the greenest airline
Just three roundtrip cross-country or trans-Atlantic flights cause almost as much climate pollution as the average American household produces in an entire year. With that in mind, lots of fliers are concerned about the heavy carbon impact of their travel, and want to choose airlines that are at least operating as efficiently as possible. Eco-conscious […]
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A Community Solar Gold Standard?
Joy Hughes was living in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, a place with a “tremendous amount of solar potential,” so good that the valley’s residents were being overwhelmed by proposals for large scale solar power plants. One had a “field of things like radar dishes” and another included a “600 foot tower.” The influx […]
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This amazing green blogger, activist, and speaker is only 10 years old
Her accomplishments would be impressive even if she weren’t younger than Hannah Montana.
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The solution to America’s food waste problem: Feed people
Arthur Morgan's radical idea: Collect the tons of leftover food from farmers markets and distributors and deliver it to those who need it.
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Ask Umbra: Is it OK to eat gummy bears?
A reader wonders if gummy bears are the more ethical candy choice. Umbra chews on the question.
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10 cliches in need of updating
Thanks to environmental woes, we'll soon have to update everything -- even our favorite cliches. Here are 10 of the most endangered.
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What’s really going on with Arctic sea ice?
Slate writer Phil Plait debunks the recent misinformation about melting ice and explains why you should care about climate change.
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In wake of Colorado floods, officials start counting oil and gas spills
The state's oil agency is tracking five notable spills so far, plus more locations where sheens have been spotted. No one knows the full extent of the messes.
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Typhoon and earthquake strike Fukushima
More natural disasters descended on the troubled facility this week. Can't a nuclear plant catch a break?
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Is this the beginning of the end for coal?
From a failed coal auction in Wyoming to slowing demand in China, times are tough for the world's dirtiest fossil fuel. And that's before we even get to EPA's new proposed power-plant rules.
