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No offense, Michelle Obama, but there are way less boring ways for you and Big Bird to promote healthy eating
Michelle Obama and Big Bird did a PSA for healthy eating, and let's just say it's no Captain Vegetable.
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Ask Umbra: Are my toddler’s toys toxic?
A reader is hunting for a kid-friendly ball. Umbra bounces her a few ideas.
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The next big thing in energy: Decentralization
In the energy world, centralized technologies and institutions are giving way to dispersed, networked, small-scale solutions. It's exciting.
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The doc is out: Why isn’t ‘Chasing Ice’ up for an Academy Award?
"Chasing Ice" got frozen out of a best documentary nomination at the Oscars. Does that mean Hollywood's fight against climate change is melting?
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Glean slate: Program provides fresh produce to the needy
Food Forward collects leftover fruits and veggies from farmers markets and gives them to food banks and shelters.
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Not-so-smart ALEC: How the lobbying group uses bad data to fight clean energy
The American Legislative Exchange Council argues against state renewable-energy requirements using flawed studies that vastly overestimate the cost of wind energy.
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For Open Data Day, green hacks and snacks
On Saturday, hackers the world over will team up to create sweet apps to improve cities and the environment.
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Permafrost is even less perma than we thought
A new study shows the frozen ground covering an eighth of the globe is melting faster and sooner than we thought.
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How the environmental movement can save the environment
What environmentalists are doing isn't working and isn't enough. So what would be?
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USDA says crops will do better but food prices will do worse
Some crops may be doing better, the financial cost of last year's drought is only just now hitting our wallets.
