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There's safety in numbers for cyclists
You might reasonably think that the number of bicycle crashes would skyrocket as more people take to the streets on two wheels. It's a fine, common-sense assumption -- that happens to be wrong.
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Big Oil money pouring back into California to boost Prop 23
The flow of out-of-state oil money into California to block the state's cutting edge greenhouse-gas law keeps getting stronger.
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The Cincinnati subway that never was [VIDEO]
Today, some people look at the decision to halt the Cincinnati subway in 1925 as fatally short-sighted. "If they had finished this system, we may have actually held on to some of our businesses that have left. Cincinnati downtown may have been a viable institution."
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Ask Umbra on ridding your home of moths and repairing the sweaters they ate
Ask Umbra answers a reader question about clothes moths. She shares how to get rid of them and repair sweaters. If you care about cardigans, read this!
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10/10/10: The world gets to work [PHOTOS]
There were more than 7,000 worldwide examples of people getting to work to combat climate change for 350.org's 10/10/10 Global Work Party.
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Tyra Banks quizzes childfree couple [VIDEO]
Watch Tracy and Jared tell a slightly aghast Tyra Banks about their decision not to have kids.
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The good and bad news from the Tianjin climate change negotiations
Countries meeting in Tianjin, China are trying to make final progress before the world comes together in Cancun. There are some essential elements that need to be agreed in Cancun to prove that this process can deliver real action, to begin to implement key elements of the international response to climate change, and to lay the foundation for further commitments beyond Cancun. So how are we doing a little over one week into the Tianjin session? We have mixed results.
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Green fraud is even more harmful than greenwashing
The Federal Trade Commission proposed guidelines to address greenwashing. It's a worthy effort, but they should go beyond greenwashing and tackle green fraud
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Telling the truth about climate change is good politics
The GOP has united in rejecting climate science. Dems should tell the truth about climate change, without apology. It's smart long-term politics.
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Ask Umbra says get out there and party this weekend on 10/10/10
You know you want to make a difference. Ask Umbra says get out there this weekend and (work) party on at a 350.org event near you!
