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Ask Umbra: Should I boycott my local gas station?
A reader wonders if no-gas Mondays send a message to Big Oil. Umbra fuels the conversation.
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Green screen: 20 years of environmental films
The first environmental film festival is celebrating its 20th year of using movies to bring green issues to the masses. Founder Flo Stone took a minute to answer our questions before the excitement begins.
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Electric scooter version of Zipcar hits San Francisco
San Francisco's hipsters are about to get motorized: Scoot Networks rents scooters like Zipcar.
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Best light bulb ever will cost you $50
Remember the awesome LED that the government declared the greenest lightbulb ever? Well, you can buy it now. But you probably won’t. Because you like to do things like eat and pay rent. We knew this sucker was going to be expensive. The number that was floating around was $40, and green commentators near and […]
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Mercury-loaded cosmetics target minority communities
Beauty may only be skin deep, but the damage from cosmetics reaches way down into the kidneys, brains, and other organs — at least, it does if those cosmetics contain mercury, as several brands do, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). What’s even worse is that these mercury-loaded cosmetics are targeted specifically towards […]
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Delicious, edible food packaging could curb plastic waste
If you want to know why the earth and waterways are quickly morphing into giant garbage heaps, look no further than your pudding cup. Desserts, sodas, yogurts, and every other processed treat that comes tucked inside a plastic container are creating a slew of plastic pollution. But Harvard scientist David Edwards has an innovative — and […]
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California’s closed state parks to be overrun by pot growers, people willing to pee in the woods
In just a few months, California will close dozens of state parks. But what does that actually mean? KQED, a rad West Coast public radio station, has a series looking deeper into the issue, and from what we can tell, closing state parks means nature’s on the loose with NO ADULT SUPERVISION. Now, that can […]
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Campbell’s to ditch BPA from soup cans
Attention, shoppers: Campbell’s (FINALLY) announced plans to eliminate hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol-A from the linings of its soup cans.
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Climate change could kill ice hockey in Canada
New study shows that climate change could leave Canada without any outdoor ice rinks by mid-century.
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Women’s groups and enviros are ideal allies on contraception
Environmentalists strongly support women's access to birth control, according to a new survey. So how about teaming up with women's groups?
