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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.
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America wants to unleash its gas on other countries
There's a glut of natural gas in the U.S., so producers are looking to export overseas.
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Here’s how you can get conservatives to care about the environment
"Purity, patriotism and reverence for a higher authority" motivate conservatives to care about the environment. Moral arguments, not so much.
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Get Ready, Utilities: Solar is Coming
Quick question. Your state has good sunshine, lots of open rooftops, and the cost of solar energy has been falling by 10% per year. Do you think it will take 13 years to double the 10 megawatts (MW) of installed solar power? Yes, if you’re the largest corporate utility in my state, and willfully ignoring […]
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We got a copy of the subpoena Chevron sent a rebellious shareholder
Chevron's lawyers are going after shareholders who want the company to face up to damage from extensive pollution in the Ecuadorean rainforest.
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Stunning time-lapse video of a total solar eclipse
Seeing the shadow sweep over the landscape and -- this is the crucial part -- go away again ought to restore your hope for the future.
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Rural America: Poorer, less populous, less powerful — but now with fracking!
Some rural areas are getting a big economic boost from oil and gas development, but many other areas are still struggling.
