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The EPA tightens limits on soot, predicting huge health benefits
Nice that the government can take regulatory action in the face of lobbying to keep people alive sometimes, isn't it?
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Greenpeace has pressured Levi’s into making its jeans less toxic
Levi's is always talking about how eco-friendly it is. Now it's going to actually to try to not pump poison into the ground.
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Global life expectancies increase as infectious diseases and hunger wane
But now more people are growing obese and getting diseases like cancer and diabetes.
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Apocalypse-ready German designer makes tiny houses from dumpsters
The world is coming to an end but don't worry. We can all live in dumpsters in Germany.
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Umbra’s second helpings: Saving money on your heating bill [VIDEO]
A reader wants to cut down on his winter electricity bill. Umbra warms up.
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Pesticide chemicals linked to food allergies
A new study suggests a link between rising food allergies and our ubiquitous and beloved pesticides.
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New Yorkers create three pounds of garbage per person per day
That's actually a pound less than in 2000.
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How eco-awful is your Christmas tree? Experts are split
Tree farms might soak up lots of carbon, but some critics still think renting a potted tree is better.
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Peace in a pod: How tiny apartments could reshape the big city
Microhousing promises the kind of density essential for building sustainable cities -- but it doesn't always go over smoothly with the neighbors.
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Public transit use is up — again!
For the seventh consecutive quarter, millions more Americans rode trains, subways, and buses.