Climate Culture
All Stories
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Finally, someone wrote an opera about subsistence farming
“I thought, well, homesteading isn’t a typical subject that you see represented in opera,” the composer said. Um, true that.
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Oreos were just the subject of international espionage
A former DuPont employee stole the recipe for a whitening chemical, almost giving China the secret to Oreo filling.
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Dyin’ to live: Biggie Smalls and the silent killers in urban America
The Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down 17 years ago. But if he hadn’t taken a bullet, pollution and disease might have done the job instead.
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Big Ben could get covered in solar panels
You can’t turn back the hands of time, but you CAN make them greener.
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Are women really a “secret weapon” when it comes to fighting climate change?
SHH, half of the population is a secret! Maybe that's why we don't have enough of a say in major climate and energy decisions.
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Beef could get more expensive because bulls are literally freezing their nuts off
Cattle farmers’ two least-favorite words: scrotal frostbite.
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Ask Umbra: Is it irresponsible to use cloth diapers in a drought?
A reader wonders if all that wash water turns a green option brown. Umbra says that's a loaded question.
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No, we’re not “environmentalists.” It’s more complicated than that
A new Pew report shows that only 32 percent of millennials identify themselves as environmentalists. This millennial says screw labels.
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We’re hypnotized by these artsy time-lapse animated GIFs of cities
Brew some more coffee, because these will make you wanna stay up all night gazing at the skyline.
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This tool to design your own tiny house is way too fun
Warning: If you like tiny houses, set aside the next half hour, because this is like crack.