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Keystone XL horror film finally makes the pipeline look as creepy as it really is
You should be as frightened of the KXL pipeline as you are of that serial killer.
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Now you can go skiing on top of a trash incinerator
The weather outside is frightful, but the fire from discarded packaging is so delightful!
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Here’s what happens when a baby elk gets on a trampoline
It's hard to tell what the elk thinks about the ground suddenly being bouncy, but luckily, I speak elk.
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Ask Umbra: Can I line-dry my clothes in the winter, too?
A reader wonders if she needs to resort the dryer in the cooler months. She knows Umbra would never leave her hanging.
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Blood on the leaves: The hidden environmental story in “12 Years a Slave”
Steve McQueen's masterful film shows how subjugation of human beings went hand-in-hand with the ravaging of the Southern landscape -- a story that still echoes today.
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Check out this edible stairway to heaven (or at least lunch)
Climb some stairs, pick some mint, make some tea. Sounds good to us (burp).
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A chef snuck mushrooms into ground beef, and people liked it just as much
This is food propaganda we can get behind.
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The pollution in China is so bad it’s keeping the government from spying on people
You'd think the government would take this an indication that maybe it should work on cleaning up air pollution.
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The subways in Venezuela are so popular that boarding becomes a crazy free-for-all
The “desperate rush-hour dash to board a Venezuela subway” video is a mini genre all its own.
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This is the first cologne designed to appeal to cows
At a price point of $110 per bottle, though, it's not really for farmers.
