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Finally! Fashion designer says “Buy less”
A fashion designer telling us not to invest in fashion? THAT’S pretty chic.
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7 tips for sharing your car without going broke
Rent your car out when you’re not using it -- sounds like easy money, right? It’s not.
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This video explains almost everything you want to know about fracking
Still trying to figure out what the big deal with fracking is? A viral video can help.
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Oil and fracking chemicals spill into Colorado’s floodwaters
Pipelines are sagging and snapping. Chemical tanks are toppling over. Oil and gas wells are inundated. As if the floods haven't caused enough tragedy already.
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Bills will make it easier for Californians to buy and sell solar power
Soon it will be simpler for renters, schools, and others to buy renewable energy, and for people with solar panels to sell their power onto the grid.
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How to avoid letting Chipotle’s depressing new ad brainwash you
Reforming our food system will taste way better than a burrito bowl. I KNOW. But it's possible.
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Hawaii molasses spill less delicious, more disastrous than it sounds
The molasses is sucking the oxygen out of the water, suffocating fish, and then the decaying fish are making the situation worse.
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Golden apple or forbidden fruit? Following the money on GMOs
Surprise! When it comes to assessing who benefits the most from gene-splicing technology in food farming -- corporations? farmers? us? -- there's no consensus.
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Tar-sands oil could be coming soon to New England
But a small citizens group in Maine is pushing a ballot initiative that could undermine ExxonMobil and Enbridge's pipeline plan.
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Ask Umbra: Which carbon-offset programs are best?
A reader wants to atone for sins against the climate. Umbra helps her avoid a little fire and brimstone.
