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Kids concentrate better when they bike to school
Here's a really good argument for improving bike infrastructure.
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Ask Umbra: Is my wife’s hair dye hazardous to her health?
A reader is dying to know if his wife’s hair coloring is hurting her. Umbra highlights some of the concerns.
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Beer brewers are joining forces to fight fracking
New York craft breweries are worried that fracking could pollute their water and threaten beer production -- so they're speaking out.
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Lessons from the women who are leading the sustainable cities movement
Grist’s assistant editor, Darby Minow Smith, looks back at more than a dozen interviews with urban sustainability directors and reflects on what they -- and all of you -- taught her.
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The oldest known wild bird, a 62-year-old albatross, just hatched a miracle baby
A really old albatross had a baby. She will soon be walking around Park Slope with a stroller, looking exhausted.
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Eve Ensler connects the dots between violence against women and violence against the planet
The creator of "The Vagina Monologues" wants you to dance to fight violence against women -- and she wants to rein in fossil fuel companies too.
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Bike bans declared unconstitutional in Colorado, introduced in Missouri
A biking ban in a Colorado town was struck down by the state's Supreme Court. Meanwhile, a Missouri legislator wants to ban bikes from state highways.
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Want to fight climate change? Don’t work so hard
Get lazy, folks! Working fewer hours could make a significant dent in climate-warming emissions.
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This Mardi Gras, don’t bead off in public
After seeing an oil spill lay waste to the Louisiana coastline, longtime resident Holly Groh hopes to make New Orleans' epic cavalcade of debauchery a bit greener -- and she's starting with the beads.
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Ask Umbra: Are bathroom wipes safe?
A reader inquires about those pre-moistened wipes that are making the rounds. Umbra cautions hem to arrhoid them at all costs.
