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Your controversy for the day: Researchers find few pluses for organic foods
We anticipate a healthy debate on this topic.
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Conservative pundit David Brooks: What if Obama made climate his top priority?
New York Times columnist David Brooks suggests Obama put climate at his campaign's center. Is he for real? And what if the president took his advice?
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Massive bailout of energy company prompts predictable response
Here's a good overview of the state of energy politics in America today.
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New project in Oregon could make wave power a reality
High-tech buoys from Ocean Power Technologies may be the first system that can provide consistent wave energy to the grid.
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This site tells you how to save the world exactly like your favorite celebrities
Imagine if you suddenly got famous and really rich, and you had no idea what other rich and famous people did with their money. Imagine the sleepless nights, as the paparazzi made a racket outside and you lay there torturing yourself, wondering what to do with all that unneeded cash. Before, you might have had […]
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One more way your plane flights are killing everybody
Remember when cars used to give off disgusting clouds of lead-laden smoke? Planes still do that. Some of them do, at least — in particular, those nasty little planes that rich people fly because car traffic is for suckers. According to Scientific American, smaller planes now produce HALF of all the lead pollution in the […]
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Short awesome video explains why oil companies suck to people who already know
This nifty/depressing video explains how yes, technically, there’s more oil, but the financial and environmental costs of reaching it make it so that it really might as well not exist.
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Fruits of old: Chicago gears up for an urban heirloom fruit orchard
Urban orchards are the new staple of second-wave urban agriculture. Now Chicago is upping the ante with one geared entirely toward heirloom varieties of fruit.
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Ask Umbra: Why do bike tires suck?
A reader asks why he’s always pumping up his bike tires. Umbra’s answer is absolutely airtight.
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Did climate change cause the Great Lobster Invasion of 2012?
The Slow Ride Stories crew takes this question to the guys who know this creature best -- the lobstermen of Glocester, Mass. The answer? Well, depends who you’re asking.
