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Plastic bottle birdhouse is the most sickeningly adorable recycling ever
It's a birdhouse. It's recycled. It's so cute you'll spit.
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If you were affected by Sandy, these scientists want your dirt
If you live near Gowanus, Newtown Creek, or the Rockaways and dirt got into your house, get these guys your dirt so they can see how toxic it is.
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Congress extends farm bill, still manages to screw sustainable farmers
When Congress passed a nine-month farm bill extension as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations, it disappointed sustainable food advocates around the country.
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The Greenie Pig’s guide to a cleaner, more sustainable 2013
Grist’s green-living pioneer has spent the past year trying to be a little kinder to the planet. Interested in doing the same? Here are five simple guidelines.
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Cash for Clunkers program drove right into a brick wall of waste
The program took 690,000 old cars off the roads -- and sent them to landfills instead of to auto-parts recyclers.
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Fiscal-cliff deal ups tax benefit for transit riders
Congress almost drove the crazy train off the fiscal cliff, but turned away just in time, yielding tax benefits for mass-transit riders.
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Record-high average gas prices in 2012 are almost certainly great news for oil companies
Gas prices in the U.S. haven't gone down even though domestic drilling has gone up. Can Republicans explain that?
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More and more hospitals are telling McDonald’s to take a hike
There’s a great deal of evidence that McDonald’s food, eaten on a regular basis, is not exactly beneficial to health.
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A new savior for California state parks?
An ex-Marine general is taking charge of the troubled state park system, and he ain't taking any guff.
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This graph will make you think twice about eating organic
If you're bad at science.
