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World’s energy nearly as dirty today as it was 20 years ago
Between 1990 and 2010, we made very little progress in cleaning up our energy supplies, according to a report from the International Energy Agency.
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Contest-winning kids are absurdly good at drawing endangered creatures
Kindergartener Ava Bribiesco decided she wanted to depict American burying beetles -- and won the grand prize.
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We say YES to this wedding dress made out of reused bread bag ties
The whole dress cost less than $50 to make. And it's beautiful.
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Flood-drought-flood: Is this the new normal?
Drought has given way to flooding in the Midwest, the latest manifestation of a vicious cycle that appears to be driven by climate change.
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Two-in-one trash can removes your excuse not to recycle
The Solecan is two cans that snap together into one. You just have to move your recycling about an inch to the left, which you can probably handle even if you're really lazy.
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Three Unequal Choices for a Local (Renewable) Energy Future
Earth Day highlights the need for a sustainable energy future, and experience suggests that there are only three meaningful choices for communities trying to increase local control of a greener energy future. But the three policies – deregulation (“customer choice”), municipal aggregation (“city choice”), and municipal utilities (“city ownership”) – are not equal. Two recent […]
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Disabled squirrel named Winkelhimer learns to express herself through painting
Winkelhimer Smith, artist and squirrel, is dealing with the trauma of a cat attack through painting.
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On Earth Day, eight ways to eat with the planet in mind
Celebrate our planet with your fork -- and spoon and knife and chopsticks!
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Ask Umbra: Watts up with lightbulbs?
A reader wonders which type of lightbulb is greenest. Umbra sheds some light.
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Koch brothers want to buy L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, six other papers
Billionaire oil barons Charles and David Koch -- mega-funders of climate denial and right-wing causes -- are looking to get into the media business.
