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Can you go a day without trash? Try it on April 9
No pressure, but using plastic bags, straws, and cutlery will doom your relationship.
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The week in GIFs: Genies, junk, and Mary Jane
There was plenty of odd news this week, even not counting April Fools' Day.
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20 percent of the tricolored blackbirds on Earth are in imminent danger — but you can help save them
A flock of 50,000 tricolored blackbirds is under imminent threat, but you can help them for a dollar a bird.
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This fancy fridge makes your kale even more nutritious
With the NutriLight, “essentially, synthetic photosynthesis is occurring in your crisper drawer,” as Modern Farmer puts it.
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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.
