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Evangelical leader says we need family planning to help fight climate change
Richard Cizik, leader of an evangelical climate campaign, calls for family planning as a way to prevent both abortion and global warming.
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Make a bow with recycled film!
This easy-to-make holiday gift topper is sure to be a blockbuster hit.
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Ask Umbra: Reused any good movies lately?
A reader wonders if there’s anything to be done with old movie film. Umbra’s response is worthy of an Oscar.
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Surrounded by water on three sides, San Francisco fights to keep climate change at bay
Cities are where the real action is at, says Melanie Nutter. The San Francisco sustainability director works with other cities to stave off the worst effects of climate change.
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Could clones save California’s endangered redwoods — in Oregon?
Only 5 percent of old-growth redwood forest remains, but activists are stepping up -- with their trowels.
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Green branding sells for Patagonia
The fleece purveyor is super-sustainable -- or at least as much as it can be selling clothes to Americans.
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Go skiing now, while you still can
The winter tourism industry is set to contract by $2 billion as temperatures climb.
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The fracking boom, as told in six railroad industry graphs
Who knew that trains could tell us so much about our energy industry?
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The carbon math – Western US ecosystems capacity to store carbon in future depends on emissions reductions now
How much carbon is stored in natural systems of the continental western US? Over coming decades, how much of the fossil fuel carbon dioxide we are pumping into the atmosphere will western ecosystems absorb? A new US Geological Service survey provides some sobering answers. The two crucial takeways: First, the capacity of western ecosystems to […]
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The condoms of the future could disappear when you’re done with them
Researchers at the University of Washington want to replace the humble cocksheath with a space-age nano-fabric that's actually woven out of medication.
