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The incredible history of fossil-fuel beauty pageants
From Appalachia to the Badlands, communities that owe their existence to coal, gas, and oil honor that legacy with beauty pageants.
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Everything you need to know about pot’s environmental impact
Complete with pretty pictures!
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The legal marijuana biz is sky high. We’ve got some burning questions.
Right in time for 4/20, we present High and Mighty, a series about the booming buds industry.
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Want to support indigenous land rights? Keep talking about the people fighting for them.
Máxima Acuña, winner of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize, put her life on the line to block plans for a gold mine on her property.
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Keurig’s new green move is as mediocre as K-Cups coffee
Keurig is still ruining the planet one K-Cup at a time.
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Meet the black activist who derailed a big polluting project before graduating college
Destiny Watford is one of this year's Goldman Prize winners.
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Congress passed around the blame for Flint’s lead crisis. John Oliver gives it right back to them.
Oliver takes a break from skewering the presidential race to focus on Congress.
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How much has drought screwed the West Coast?
The West is hot, bothered, and adapting.
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What the subway adventures of Clinton and Sanders really show us
The question isn't whether they know how to use public transit -- it's whether they'd invest in it as president.
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Are plastic soil beads safe for my plants?
A reader in Ontario wonders if plastic soil beads are safe for her plants, and advice maven Umbra Fisk digs in.
