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The week in GIFs: Raising our eyebrows
The week's green news has us skeptical, judgmental, and just plain confused.
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This is the sweetest, mushiest bike map you’ve ever seen
Vincent Meertens and his girlfriend Larissa tracked all their bike trips for a year.
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The brutally dishonest attacks on Showtime’s landmark climate series
An error-riddled hit-job op-ed in The New York Times blasts Showtime’s new series on climate change, "Years of Living Dangerously." Here's why the op-ed is wrong.
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Ask Umbra: How do I wipe out a yard full of weeds?
A reader says her yard has turned into a little shop of horrors. Umbra helps her seymour of the forest through the weeds.
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Even “green” K-Cups kinda suck for the environment
The new "EcoCup," billed as a green K-Cup alternative, is recyclable -- but not all that recyclable.
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These gorgeous sustainable travel mugs won’t leach harmful chemicals
These travel mugs made from olive wood and white oak are dishwasher safe, minimally porous, and free of the chemicals in plastic and metal cups.
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Forget cows — people are now going Smart car tipping
The prank seems merely silly on the surface, but it could actually point to underlying class-based tension in one of America’s most spendy cities.
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10 places to visit before they’re gone: A bucket list for a warming world
Making summer vacation plans? Here's your list of must-visit places that may not be places for much longer.
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As if the ozone hole weren’t enough, now there’s a hole in the troposphere
This is like the planet having a hole in its undershirt. We need a sewing kit or a better planetary antiperspirant or both.
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Eating road kill: Yuck or yum?
There's nothing more viscerally off-putting than road kill. But could it actually be the way forward for sustainable meat?