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What happens when a whale dies?
What happens when a whale dies? Little ocean beasties get a feast, as illustrated in this video, the most beautiful and least icky illustration of decomposition you may ever see.
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Queer as farm folk: Can the LGBT community save sustainable farming?
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community has a history of organizing collectively and revitalizing urban spaces. Can they do the same for small-scale farming?
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Critical List: Climate change is shrinking animals; Mexico could export water to the U.S.
Climate change is shrinking animals, like sheep and salamanders, and fruits too.
Mexico could start exporting water into the United States.
One partner in the Macondo well is ponying up $4 billion to settle with BP over last year's oil spill.
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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.
