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Pennsylvania officials have no idea how to assess health threats of fracking
Emissions from fracking pose serious health risks, but environmental regulators in Pennsylvania are completely failing to address them.
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Smoggy Chinese city offers residents bags of fresh air
Up to 20 people could slurp clean air at a time. One woman even said it made her baby kick.
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Biking the Iditarod? Climate change makes for faster times
The Iditarod Invitational -- a 1,000-mile bike and foot race in Alaska -- is all about snow. Climate change means contestants may be seeing less and less of it.
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This 92-year-old who got arrested for protesting coal is our new hero
Bill Ryan is a World War II vet, climate activist, and total badass.
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Ask Umbra: Is it OK to recycle bottles that have been full of chemicals?
A reader wonders if motor oil and cleaners could contaminate her recycling. Umbra can hardly container self.
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London is installing bus sensors to hopefully kill fewer people
Nearly two-thirds of deaths on London’s roads were pedestrians or cyclists. Now the city is doing something about that.
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Leaked documents reveal SeaWorld is drugging its orcas
An affidavit reveals SeaWorld is giving its orcas benzos to make them chill out and stop attacking each other.
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Light pollution could be contributing to cancer, depression, and obesity
Our bodies need darkness to produce the hormone melatonin, and melatonin protects our DNA, ultimately preventing cancer.
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Japan has been ordered to end its infamous illegal whale hunt
People eating whale meat isn’t exactly "scientific research," so the U.N.'s highest court laid down the law.
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You can pry my grandkids’ sheet cake from my cold, dead hands
In an effort to dissuade young Americans from a diet of Funyuns and unadulterated corn syrup, the USDA has turned to their grandparents.
