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Adolph the unkillable tortoise survived snowstorms, fires, and Nazis
This is clearly a turtle who wants to live, despite the world's attempts to bring him down.
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Ask Umbra: Could dish soap make our family sick?
A reader wonders how to talk to her hardworking hubby about his poor choice of suds. Umbra dishes out some advice.
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Restoring a community garden in the Sandy-torn Rockaways
Hurricane Sandy destroyed the Seagirt Boulevard Community Garden. Now, a group of volunteers is working hard to rebuild this important green fixture.
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Hunger Strike on 27th Day
As I write this Brian Eister is on the 27th day of a water-only climate hunger strike outside the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, D.C. The only thing he has consumed since April 1st is water, sodium and potassium. Brian’s latest posts on his website, http://www.1future.net, report on both his continuing resolve but also the […]
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Bike sharing goes global
More than 500 cities in 49 countries now boast bikeshares. It's the fastest-growing mode of transport in history.
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New Solar Farm Shows Clean Energy Can Be Compatible with Conservation Values
Today the Sierra Club welcomes the Antelope Valley Solar Projects in California, one of the largest planned solar projects in the U.S., as developer SunPower and owner MidAmerican Solar marked the start of major construction. The Sierra Club endorsed the project early on because it was planned and sited in a way that protected local […]
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San Francisco and 10 other cities move toward dumping stocks in fossil-fuel companies
A divestment campaign pushed by 350.org is spreading from colleges to cities. Boulder, Colo., Eugene, Ore., and Ithaca, N.Y. are also on board.
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This straw-bale urinal turns your pee into compost
Next time you find yourself drunk at a festival, instead of finding an isolated patch of grass to pee on, consider the public tower of straw that turns your pee into plant-friendly compost.
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Now you can track the inexorable progress of climate change on Twitter
The Keeling Curve is now on Twitter, mixing depressing information about carbon concentrations in with your usual diet of unsourced news and parody accounts.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s political group funds ads promoting Keystone and ANWR drilling
The group, founded by the Facebook boss and other tech titans to promote immigration reform, is financing ads that call for more oil exploration. What gives?
