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Is there a non-toxic way to get rid of hard water stains?
A British reader wonders how to get ride of limescale in her loo. Once advice maven Umbra Fisk figures out what that means, she drops a load of advice.
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![Illustration picture of postal ballot papers June 1, 2016 ahead of the June 23 BREXIT referendum when voters will decide whether Britain will remain in the European Union.]()
![Illustration picture of postal ballot papers June 1, 2016 ahead of the June 23 BREXIT referendum when voters will decide whether Britain will remain in the European Union.]()
Britain might leave the European Union. Here’s what that could mean for the climate.
A climate hawk’s guide to the Brexit vote.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce joins anti-solar crusade
The chamber’s new campaign is part of a larger right-wing push to kneecap the rooftop solar industry.
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California’s drought isn’t going away anytime soon
El Niño winters normally flood the state with rain and snow -- but this one was different.
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Greenland was hotter than New York City last week
Ice is melting so fast that scientists double checked their instruments were working.
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Kenya is on the brink of approving GMOs
Most African countries have locked out GMO crops, but a few are beginning to open their doors.
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Massive sinkholes in Texas could combine to form even massiver sinkhole
Radar measurements of two sinkholes in West Texas suggests they're still growing.
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![From L-R, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, President-designate of COP21 and French President Francois Hollande react during the final plenary session at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 12, 2015.]()
![From L-R, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, President-designate of COP21 and French President Francois Hollande react during the final plenary session at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 12, 2015.]()
France ratifies U.N. climate deal. Your move, rest of world.
It is the first major industrialized country to do so.
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Stackable neighborhoods could be the way of the future for cities
One design firm imagines a skyscraper-free, self-sustaining urban landscape.
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Kids who breathe polluted air have higher rates of mental illness
Even a little pollution may have a big effect.
