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Plate tech-tonics: How smartphones can help stop food waste
We throw away almost half the food that’s produced in this country. These new mobile platforms save food from the dumpster and send it to hungry people instead.
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Ask Umbra: Is there hope in this world?
A reader writes from the edge of despair. Umbra urges her not to jump.
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Washington, D.C., wants to be the greenest city in the U.S.
Just weeks after the district unveiled an ambitious new sustainability plan, drastic federal spending cuts kicked in, possibly dooming the entire effort.
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The rare non-sucky infographic on climate change
Here's an infographic that's genuinely informative and helpful.
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Smash patriarchy, save the planet
Fighting climate change also means fighting for women's safety and equality.
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Everyone to Asia: We don’t want your stinkin’ unsustainable palm oil
Dunkin's dumping the stuff from its donuts, Norway's draining it from its investments, and palm-oil producers are left holding the greasy bag.
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Whole Foods to label frankenfoods by 2018
While states debate the merits of labeling GMO foods, grocery stores lead the way by voluntarily honoring customers' right to know what they're eating.
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Activism and policy are not the same thing
Keystone scolds seem to think that what activists are engaged in is a policy proposal. That's stupid.
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Watch a guy melt coins and burn concrete with nothing but concentrated sunlight
If you've got any doubts that the sun packs enough of a wallop to provide us with adequate power, this "solar scorcher" will explode them.
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For the price of a few dead whales, Spain gets to grow food in the desert
Attempts at turning a desert into a greenhouse have serious consequences for Mediterranean sea life.
