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Money spent cleaning up BP’s mess skipped those who needed it most
Minority-owned businesses and low-income residents were cut out of the economic frenzy following the Deepwater Horizon spill.
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All Obama wants for Earth Day is a new power grid
OK, not really. He wants lots of other stuff too.
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This trippy map shows all of NYC’s street trees
Check out the city's 592,130 street trees, representing 52 species, all at once.
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What one farmer learned from surviving the ’80s farm crisis
Farming changes may be inevitable, but that doesn't make their human cost any easier to bear. You can hear it in this farmer's voice.
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Our crazy farm subsidies, explained
Once upon a time, we started subsidizing agriculture.
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How can I tell if a business is really “green”?
A reader wonders how to suss out a business's eco-cred. Umbra offers a few conversation starters.
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CEOs to world leaders: Get off your asses and fix climate change
Executives from 43 major companies want real progress to come out of the U.N. climate talks in Paris this December.
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Finally, coffee pods that aren’t the absolute worst
A Portland-based coffee company has developed a compostable pod that's compatible with Keurig 2.0 machines.
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4 surprising reasons why clean energy is gaining on fossil fuels
Future historians may look back on 2015 as the year that the renewable energy ascendancy began.
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Angry Birds wants to get you mad about climate change
The makers of the highly addictive game will announce on Earth Day that it is has a new mission: raising awareness about climate change.
