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BP emails reveal the company underreported the 2010 Gulf spill
Did you just die of shock? Sorry if you just died of shock.
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How to make your own IKEA monkey
Why enjoy someone else's fancy monkey when you can assemble your own?
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For the first time, cities see a drop in childhood obesity
From New York and L.A. to small cities in Nebraska and Alaska, childhood obesity rates are inching downward. The reasons aren't yet known.
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Want an ethical vacation? Try sunny Latvia
Ethical Traveler put together a list of places to go where you can feel certain that your hosts are preserving their environment.
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Politico’s top secret megascoop on the link between energy and the economy
The D.C. paper of record outdoes itself on putting insider obsequiousness before information.
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These crazy psychedelic photos can help scientists save the rainforest
Scientists are not just generating these images so they have something to stare at while they pack their bongs.
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Nothing corporate: Holiday shopping outside the big-box store
An attempt to avoid giving chain-store Christmas gifts kicks off with a weekend craft-fair binge.
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World’s most famous wolf shot near Yellowstone
Conservationists and scientists and wolves are mad. Ranchers are happy, and so are their sheep. But not for long.
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Ask Umbra: How to preserve green news
This week, Umbra writes to you for help. We have less than 24 hours to dispatch a despicable plot.
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USDA backpedals on healthy school-lunch rules
After kids and conservatives complained, the agency is lifting limits on the amount of meats and grains that can be served in school meals.
