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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.
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Melon madness: How my food waste obsession took over my weekend
What do you do when someone brings a dozen melons to a family holiday getaway? If you're worried about preventing food waste, you get creative. Very creative.
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Obama to college students: ‘Denying climate change won’t make it stop’
Obama doesn't like to talk much about climate change -- except to select audiences of those who will suffer the most from global warming: college students.
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Obama talks up oil and gas drilling
In an interview with Time, Obama pushes not just wind and efficiency but oil, natural gas, and ever-elusive notion of "clean coal."
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Friday music blogging: Rizzle Kicks
The year is more than half over, which means it’s time for me to start thinking about my end-of-the-year mix. (Yes, I’m slightly obsessive.) One dilemma I face toward the end of every year is that I’ve found tons of good indie, twang, folk, and … well, let’s just say it, white-dude music, but too […]
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As you enjoy your Labor Day, here’s something to worry about
The negative feedback loop of greenhouse-gas release from thawing permafrost is in full swing in Siberia.
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Global food prices spike 10% in July, thanks largely to drought
Seventy-eight percent of the U.S. corn crop is in fair or worse condition.
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Drought is ruining people’s ability to throw cow dung at things
When it’s really hot and dry out, cows stay near the barn. When cows stay near the barn, they do not poop in open fields. When cows don’t poop in open fields, those fields don’t get full of dried-out manure chips. When the fields don’t get full of dried-out manure chips, people have nothing to […]
