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Your mouthwash might soon come in packaging made from potatoes
Tom's of Maine, which produces all-natural toothpaste and other personal hygiene items, will be making potato plastic packages a reality.
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TransCanada plans colossal trans-Canada oil pipeline
With Keystone XL in limbo, TransCanada announced Thursday that it wants to build an even bigger pipeline from Alberta to eastern Canada.
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Former Republican EPA chiefs back Obama on climate change
EPA administrators who served under Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II co-sign an op-ed in The New York Times calling for climate action.
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People are spending $300 a month on farm-to-bowl dog food
Remind me why your dog needs to eat locally grown, organic yams and chicken when it will eat its own poop?
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Umami Burger on a cronut bun unites East and West Coast obnoxious food obsessions
Let's start replacing "cronut" with "scrotum." Like RIGHT NOW, in this very post.
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This energy-efficient house is made of yarn and seaweed
Seaweed insulation and a seaweed roof? It's either a hippie house or seapunk or both.
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Fast food and furious: Restaurant workers are fed up with minimum wage
Fast food workers are on the march nationwide. What, oh what, are the poor corporate fat cats to do?
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American firm debuts first airplane to run on natural gas
The plane can fly on both standard aviation fuel and compressed natural gas.
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Sally Jewell doesn’t want any climate deniers at Interior
In an address to her department, the secretary of the interior called climate action a "moral imperative."
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Featured Friend: Daniela G.
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. Daniela G. “I am a freelance writer and a great believer that there’s still a chance to change […]
