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2011 natural disasters cost a record $265 billion
Politicians might not believe in climate change, but insurance companies do. They track disasters, and it turns out that disasters just in the first six months of this year already cost the world more than any other year of disasters on record.
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Critical List: Carmageddon is a waste of money; Napa winegrowers aren't afraid of climate change
Carmageddon: L.A.'s shutting down a major highway to add a carpool lane, which is probably a waste of $1 billion in transit funding.
Say it ain't so, Sandra Lee! The Food Network star spoke to a petroleum industry group and won't say why. Maybe she just wants to use crude oil as an ingredient -- it’s not edible, but when has that ever stopped her?
Napa Valley can totally take climate change: Wine growers say, "We'll be able to adapt." Bacon panic: Still on. -
Twins' desert solitaire with organic veggies [VIDEO]
In Utah canyon country, 70-year-old twins Bill and Bob Stone live off the grid, grow organic vegetables, and give tours of Native American ruins.
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Ask Umbra Book Club: Is minimalism just for the rich?
Is a streamlined life something only a privileged elite can afford? Ask Umbra explores.
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Not one more winter in the tipi, honey
Going off the grid seems romantic at first, but unfortunately, women are often the first to encounter the worst realities of homesteading.
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Would you eat mutant meat?
The FDA does Big Meat a solid by denying broader use of irradiation, which kills disease but leads to discolored and disfigured food.
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Hacking for the planet
Notorious hacker group Anonymous launches a campaign of cyber attacks in support of green causes. Monsanto fell. Are Canada's tar sands next?
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Michigan’s gangsta gardener gets off [VIDEO]
Julie Bass of Oak Park, Mich. no longer faces jail time for having a vegetable garden in her front yard.
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31 states can be self-sufficient with local renewable energy
The following map was the headline graphic to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s 2009 report, Energy Self-Reliant States, unveiling the enormous potential for each state to meet its own electricity needs internally. I re-created the map for web viewing, so it’s now even easier to share how each state can meet its electricity consumption with […]
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Trashtivist: Percy goes to the dump
The heaviest thing so far in my garbage bag is Percy. Poor, corroded Percy. You were a good train, but now it's time for the landfill.
