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Ask Umbra: How can I be sure my recycling gets … recycled?
A reader is suspicious that her co-mingle is getting hauled to the landfill. Umbra does a little sleuthing.
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Anti-fracking activist barred from 312.5 square miles of Pennsylvania
The court injunction brought in by an oil and gas company makes even supermarkets off-limits for Vera Scroggins
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Squirrels are the true threat to America’s infrastructure
Their sharp little teeth are taking down the electrical grid.
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The brightest bulb: Rising energy star scores seat with FLOTUS at State of the Union
Tyrone Davis sat with Michelle Obama during the State of the Union address. His specialty: Helping businesses save energy, and helping the climate at the same time.
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Your shiny makeup is brought to you by child laborers
If you spot mica in your makeup ingredient list, you might be complicit in some pretty gross labor practices.
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The next iPhone’s screen could be a see-through solar panel
There are greener ways of communicating, but you can't play Candy Crush with a carrier pigeon.
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Free trade deal on solar and wind could hurt the environment
World leaders in Davos aim to lift tariffs on solar panels, wind turbines, and other environmental goods. Here's why that could hurt the environment.
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All food politics is local: What’s next for the sustainable food movement?
Local and regional food systems are where the action is going to be. What's working where and who's making it work?
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Man of the cloth: Zace the Great grows organic, heirloom veggies — and blue jeans
On a farm in the hills of Ohio, 36-year-old Zachary Myers has built a cottage industry on vintage denim.
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London’s new solar bridge is the largest in the world
It will provide half the energy to central London's Blackfriars train station.