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This site is like Etsy, but with products that are actually good for the planet
If you care more about actual environmental friendliness than about making your lifestyle resemble that of a hipster fairy in the woods, you might want to skip Etsy and instead spend your internet dollars at a place like EcoMarket.
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Super-convincing fake egg is made entirely from plants
It supposedly tastes just like real eggs. It is cheaper than real eggs. And it does not require that a pesky chicken to exist for it to be eaten.
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Invasive species? This sushi chef rolls with it
Bun Lai transforms pests like lionfish, jellyfish, and invasive crabs into tasty table fare while nudging sushi back to its freshwater origins.
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Ask Umbra: Should I confront my son’s anti-environmentalist teacher?
A father is steamed about a teacher’s comment that Rachel Carson was “a crazy lady.” Umbra encourages dad not to lose his head.
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How NASA scientists are turning L.A. into one big climate-change lab
Scientists with the Megacities Carbon Project hope to pin down a slippery piece of climate science: measuring a city's carbon footprint.
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Van Jones: Keystone XL would be ‘the Obama Pipeline’
Van Jones came out swinging against Keystone, warning that if it's approved it would be a big black mark on Obama's legacy.
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Top four reasons the U.S. still doesn’t have a single offshore wind turbine
The U.K. has 870. Germany has 416. So what’s stopping us?
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New York Times kills its ‘Green’ blog
First the Times shut down its environment desk. Now it's shuttering its environment blog. But the paper claims it'll keep reporting on green issues.
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Michigan gov.: Detroit is no longer capable of taking care of itself
The mostly white, Republican Michigan government is taking over the mostly black, Democratic Detroit government. What could possibly go wrong?
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Your new Grist front page — tried and tested
You, the jury, made your choice! We tested two different versions of our homepage and are adopting the simpler one that performed better.
