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Making car-sharing a carbon-sharing service
The internet has brought us peer-to-peer music sharing and peer-to-peer lending. Now get ready for peer-to-peer car sharing.
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New York’s fracking ban is a mixed bag
New York Gov. David Paterson this weekend banned high-volume fracking in his state til July. Green groups are pleased but worried about a loophole.
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How the childfree can be parents too
Deciding to be childfree doesn't have to mean forgoing the joys of parenting. Co-parenting has a lot to offer for the childfree, parents, and kids.
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What happened (and why): an assessment of the Cancun Agreements
Despite the gloom-and-doom predictions that dominated the weeks and months leading up to Cancun, the talks must be judged a success. The Cancun Agreements represent a set of modest steps forward.
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Does urbanism have to be black and white?
When I look around, I mostly see only one type of person associated with the urbanist label: young, white, and male. Not many young, black and female, like me. It shouldn't be that way.
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Snowbound city chickens lay eggs for a decadent quiche [VIDEO]
Though the Minneapolis Metrodome collapsed, my chicken coop stood strong. And despite the cold, our hens are outside laying eggs that I used to make this decadent, Thomas Keller-inspired quiche.
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Ask Umbra’s Book Club: Why don’t people talk about population?
Overpopulation is a big theme in Umbra's latest Book Club selection, Freedom. We've got exclusive Grist video of author Jonathan Franzen talking about the issue. Why isn't everyone else talking about it? Do you worry about 220,000 new people being added to the planet every day? Tell us what you think, whether you've read the book or not.
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Live chat with the Story of Stuff’s Annie Leonard
'Tis the season of giving, which is why Umbra is looking forward to chatting with Annie Leonard, the mastermind behind the Story of Stuff project.
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Watch the trailer for 'Revenge of the Electric Car' [VIDEO]
Watch the movie trailer for "Revenge of the Electric Car," the sequel to 2006's "Who Killed the Electric Car?" from filmmaker Chris Paine.
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Corn lobby cashes in on tax compromise
It wasn't just plutocrats who made out like bandits in President Obama's grand tax compromise. King Corn got his paws into the public till, too, snatching a cool $5 billion. So why does fiscal rectitude mean that school lunches only get a tiny boost -- offset by a cut in food stamps?
