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Ask Umbra: What do I do about my treacherous sidewalks this winter?
A reader says he's afraid someone will slip and end up hurt. Umbra offers a little ice-breaker.
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Front-vine lessons: What made Florida’s tomato-field uprising work
How the Immokalee Coalition got Walmart and the fast food chains to do right by tomato workers -- and propagated a new-model activism.
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Seashore solar comes to Japan
Japan's largest solar power plant has been built on reclaimed land jutting into a bay -- a creative solution for a crowded country.
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“We can’t trust capitalism to just fix this” global warming mess
Journalist McKenzie Funk explains how capitalists are getting ready for climate change, but that doesn't mean we can sit back and relax just yet.
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As the West dries up, this hedge fund pioneer stands to make a killing
A sneak peek at Windfall, a smart new book on the business of climate change.
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Illinois petcoke rules coming, but not as fast as governor wants
Gov. Pat Quinn says growing piles of waste from tar-sands oil refining constitute an emergency, but owners of the piles successfully argued against immediate rules.
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Will Obama allow fracking to endanger his own water supply?
The federal government is considering allowing fracking near the Potomac River’s headwaters, which has local water managers really worried.
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Canadian tar-sands oil could start flooding into Europe
The European Union is set to scrap rules that restrict the import of especially dirty, climate-changing fuels.
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This overhead view of the world’s largest offshore wind farm is surprisingly awesome
You're looking at 175 turbines, generating enough electricity to power up to 500,000 homes.
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U.S. and Canadian safety officials are freaked out about exploding trains
Transportation safety boards in the two countries issued urgent calls on Thursday for new rules to make oil-hauling trains less dangerous.
