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Ask Umbra: Is banning clotheslines legal?
A reader wonders if neighborhoods can legally hang clothesline users out to dry. Umbra pins down the answer.
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Why the insurance industry won’t save us from climate change
Could pricey premiums deter people from living in high-risk areas and prompt action on climate change? The evidence so far suggests not.
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Remember when Americans used to care about population? [VIDEO]
These days, when people go out of their way to avoid mention of the P word, it's almost hard to believe that population used to be a mainstream issue.
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God's country: Farming for spiritual reasons [VIDEO]
Perennial Plate follows a family in central Ohio that farms for spiritual reasons.
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Friday music blogging: Elliott Brood
When David Roberts went to the Pickathon music festival in Oregon earlier this year, he discovered a bunch of new bands, but none won him over as quickly and thoroughly as Elliott Brood, a three-piece twang/folk/rock outfit from Toronto.
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Pulling the plug on L.A.
The energy savers took on the Empire State Building. Now they’re out to get Los Angeles.
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Move over, Solyndra: There’s a new fake solar scandal
A misinformed editor claims SunPower is getting a $1.2 billion loan guarantee, equating it to Solyndra. Note to real reporters: SunPower isn’t even getting the loan guarantee -- it is simply building a 250-MW solar PV project for the global energy company NRG.
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Wisconsin town wants to outlaw biking and walking
The town of Hull, Wis., has a creative response to solving the problem of bike and pedestrian safety: Forbid bikers and pedestrians from using the roads.
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Perry's energy plan is a Big Oil wet dream
This is not a surprise or anything, but Rick Perry unveiled what we'll charitably call an "energy plan," and it's printed on oil-soaked paper with oil-based ink.
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Can smart consumption replace green government?
A couple of years ago we were promised the “greenest government ever” — not a difficult thing in the U.K., but it sounded fun all the same. Sadly, the green stuff that was a major part of Prime Minister David Cameron’s “detoxification” of the Conservative party image a couple of years ago left no trace […]
