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Is the new Whole Foods rating system creating an inferiority complex for zucchini?
The grocery chain's new labels are actually nuanced and make a lot of sense.
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Car batteries may soon last 1,000 years thanks to pine and alfalfa
A group of Swedish researchers pulled a serious MacGyver earlier this month, combining pine resin and alfalfa seeds to create a hybrid recycled battery.
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How one building is changing the world
Seattle's Bullitt Center is making waves far beyond its super-insulated, nontoxic, and FSC-certified walls.
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Why are utilities trying to disconnect communities of color from solar?
Big Energy sees net metering as a threat to its bottom line, but it could be a boon for underserved communities, and electric utilities, too.
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Should the feds bail out coal miners?
As we shift to a cleaner economy, what do we owe workers from the coal fields? What about workers from other dying industries?
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Money, death, and danger in North Dakota’s fracking capital
Being a waitress in Williston, N.D., is just as horrible as it sounds.
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Watch Cascadian Farm’s dramatic effort to save the bees
A General Mills-owned company is trying to save the bees -- one flower bomb at a time.
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Today, “Made in Detroit” is a label in search of a story
The archetypal factory town struggles to turn "manufacturing renaissance" from a slogan into a reality.
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Should big business get out of the food business?
When it comes to food and farming technology, our political and economic beliefs trump the field knowledge of what works and what doesn't.
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What’s the most energy-efficient way to charge my cellphone?
A reader wonders if it's better to plug into the wall or his laptop. Umbra hooks him up with the latest in charger technology.