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GOP to Obama on Keystone: Don’t think about climate
With Democratic support for Keystone XL floundering, some say that Obama could link its approval to new climate change rules. Republican senators beg him not to.
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As world marches against Monsanto, senators protect it from labeling laws
Food activists in hundreds of cities around the world turned out Saturday to protest against Monsanto. So far, Capitol Hill isn't getting the message.
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Ask Umbra: Are clotheslines legal in Brooklyn?
A reader wonders if it's against the law to air dry her skivvies. She knows Umbra won't leave her hanging.
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Down with the clown: Third graders stand up to McDonald’s junk-food marketing
A growing chorus of parents, teachers, and kids are calling out McDonald's for its relentless marketing to kids.
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Sequester guts wildfire prevention, sets up bigger blazes
The sequester took a 7.5 percent bite out of the Forest Service’s budget, nearly half of which is spent fighting wildfires.
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Zen and the art of bridge maintenance
When it comes to U.S. transportation infrastructure, we'd rather build new roads than deal with the old ones -- or the bigger questions about how we get around.
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Fracking accident leaks benzene into Colorado stream
Benzene levels soared in a Colorado creek after a natural gas facility spilled hundreds of barrels of natural gas liquid. So why haven't those responsible been fined?
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Arctic base evacuated as ice dissolves beneath researchers’ feet
With an emergency rescue underway, Russia's 70-year tradition of placing research stations atop floating chunks of Arctic ice could be over.
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This pedal-powered contraption can run a computer, split logs, or churn butter
Of course, you have to do the work of pedaling.
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Awesome old cookbook shows that the 1904 raw food movement was really into meat and cream
Eugene and Mollie Griswold Christian make a lot of the same arguments for healthy living and raw food that you hear today. Only they make them in turn-of-the-century style.
