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Crematorium to heat U.K. swimming pool
An angel just got its water wings.Photo: Tommy KlumkerA town near London plans to warm its new sports center and public pool with heat from a nearby crematorium. It could save the town $100,000 as well as boost its environmental cred. “[T]his form of energy is certainly renewable, unless locals stop dying,” writes Triple Pundit. […]
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Ask Umbra Book Club: Next week the discussion begins about Bill Bryson’s ‘At Home’
Dearest readers, I hope you’re reading this from the warmth of home. If where you are is anywhere like where I am right now, you’re glad to have good insulation, heat, and a roof over your head to keep the freezing rain off. But human beings have not always been so cozy. This and many […]
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How to make sure there will be enough food
We shouldn’t be getting so much of our energy from cornfields.Photo: Ben HusmannToday there are three sources of growing demand for food: population growth; rising affluence and the associated jump in meat, milk, and egg consumption; and the use of grain to produce fuel for cars. Population growth is as old as agriculture itself. But […]
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Groundhog Day and climate change: sucky weather for Punxsutawney Phil
We’ll get a tiny shovel for you, Phil.Photo: alemaxaleUpdate: Phil didn’t see his shadow, so supposedly we’re in for a short winter. Thanks, climate change! “Groundhog Day is a lot like a rock concert, but the people are better behaved and there’s a groundhog involved,” the editor of a Punxsutawney newspaper told National Geographic. Just […]
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How bullets kill wildlife decades after they’ve been fired
Honker flew the coop and dodged a bullet.Photo: Alan VernonThis piece was written by Bruce Dorminey. At first glance, Crescent Lake, a shallow body abutting a cornfield in upper Snohomish County, Wash., would appear to be perfectly pristine. Mallard and pintail ducks skirt the edges of its banks on waters that — in this contaminated […]
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Bike plows are the new fixies, but we'll never be as cool as the Danes
Check out these photos and videos of bikes plowing snow and get ready for a hot lump of shame, America ...
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Bike plows are the new fixies, but we’ll never be as cool as the Danes
Check out these photos and videos of bikes plowing snow and get ready for a hot lump of shame, America ...
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What was the most sustainable cinema at Sundance 2011?
Grist's Jennifer Prediger set out to see some of the most sustainable selections on the silver screen at Sundance last week.
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'Portlandia' recap: A song for Portland
This week on Portlandia: rights for dogs and bikers!
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‘Portlandia’ recap: A song for Portland
This week on Portlandia: rights for dogs and bikers!
