Climate Culture
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Media ignore climate change in reporting on wildfires
Only 3 percent of reports on Western wildfires by major TV and print outlets mention climate change, according to a new report by Media Matters.
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Do fireworks kill birds?
An illegal fireworks display in Arkansas killed up to 5,000 red-winged blackbirds, but is that sort of carnage likely to happen where you live?
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Ask Umbra: Who doesn’t celebrate the Fourth of July with rats and dandruff?
Readers launch a volley of questions at our green advice columnist. She responds with a veritable anthem of eco-smarts.
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The news pays almost 50 times more attention to Kardashians than to ocean acidification
It’s probably not a huge surprise that ocean acidification, a carbon-induced chemical change that poses a huge threat to sea life, gets way less media coverage than the Kardashians, a family of prancing ninnies that poses a huge threat to intellectual life. But Media Matters has quantified just how much the coverage differs, and it’s […]
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These amazing lamps are made of salt
If Daniel McDonald’s Shio lamps didn’t cost $475 and up, they could do double duty seasoning your food or attracting deer. At this price point, you probably want to preserve them, unless you’re Tony Stark or something — but the point is, the lamps are made of salt crystals, grown on a fabric base like […]
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Health care and sustainability, part deux: More …
Reax to the Supreme Court's ruling from Van Jones, Alex Steffen, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, and Gary Hirshberg.
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Health care and sustainability: Experts weigh in on ruling
Terry Tempest Williams, Raj Patel, Richard Heinberg, James Howard Kunstler, and Gary Cohen on the Supreme Court's landmark decision.
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A male birth control dudes might actually use
You know what doesn’t do a lot to help reduce unwanted births? Putting women in sole charge of contraception, then making it nigh-impossible for them to exercise any reproductive freedom. We could improve sex ed, affordability of birth control pills, and access to abortion — but as long as there are Republicans around, we might […]
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Umbra’s second helpings: How to barbecue without cooking the planet
Planning on firing up the grill this weekend? Umbra has some smoking hot tips for you.
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We’ll be right back, after these quick falsehoods
The political ads are deceptive and the news contains spin. Maybe we should just watch Bravo and Cartoon Network.
