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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.
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Cities need to get dense to survive, says Alex Steffen
Anti-urbanists argue that density is pushing low-income people out of cities. Alex Steffen schools them in the basics of supply and demand.
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Ikea aims to go way green by 2020
Ikea plans to get 100 percent of its power from clean sources by 2020, part of a new sustainability plan backed by a $2.4 billion investment.
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Organic food may be best for kids, pediatricians say
The American Academy of Pediatrics weighed in for the first time on the conventional vs. organics debate. Their conclusion: Stuff your kids full of organic veggies.
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Here are some cute bike messengers and their butts
Men with good glutes, dumb hats, and questionable facial hair pose for a calendar.
