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Americans spend $4.2 billion a year on gluten-free products
And spend absolutely nothing on free products. (See what I did there?)
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Judge bans GMOs in national wildlife refuges
Which seems kind of like a no-brainer, but what do we know.
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By next year, you could go to work in a building powered by algae
It is literally a green building.
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Will Sandy destroy the entire East Coast? Probably not.
I guess that headline was a little over the top.
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California’s biggest climate hawk comes under fire
A tight state senate race in California between long-time climate champion Sen. Fran Pavley and Republican Todd Zink has major significance for clean energy far beyond that state's borders.
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Levi’s is making jeans out of plastic bottles
Levi's is making a new kind of jeans out of 20 percent recycled material. We hope they are as cool and comfortable as regular Levi's.
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When it comes to food, how does your lawmaker stack up?
It just got much easier to find out how your representatives in Congress voted on food issues -- and to tell them what you think about it. Now who said the food movement doesn't pack a political punch?
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Heritage seed icons bring back pioneer chic
Emilee and Jere Gettle run the largest mail-order heritage seed business in the U.S. -- and have neo-Amish wardrobes straight out of an old Sears catalog.
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Sewer discretion is advised: Explorers find hidden wonders in urban waterways
Following intrepid bands of drainers into the bowels of the concrete jungle, the films "Lost Rivers" and "Rock the Boat" remind us of the powerful role rivers play in urban life and culture.
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Solar power saves school music program
Solar power has resuscitated a central California school music program.
