President Obama is beginning to make climate-hawk noises
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We know it’s a busy internet out there. News breaks, warps, and fades. Twitter streams gurgle.…Why R.E.M. made the most politically important album of all time
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There’s a pretty bold claim in this 99% Invisible episode: R.E.M.’s Out of Time is the…Ask Umbra: Will Teflon pans poison my food?
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“I don’t think the bike industry knows what’s going on,” says Zak Pashak. We are sitting in…What to do with an overload of garlic scapes
Aug 3, 2014, 8:30 am By Alexandra Stafford
It’s the season of overflowing market bags, heavy CSA boxes, and gardens run amok. Alexandra…Lobbyists bidding to block government regs set sights on secretive White House office
Aug 2, 2014, 8:03 am By Heather Rogers
In early 2011, after years of study, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration moved to…The country could supply all of California with water if we fixed our leaky pipes
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As if California didn’t already have enough water issues to worry about right now, last week Los…New Orleans school won’t be built atop a toxic dump — for now
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Last november, I wrote about the struggles of a small alumni group from the floundering Walter L.…Listen to the wind turbine version of a classical song
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Somewhere between getting a paycheck and free coffee, commuter benefits are often a nice perk to…Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse schools climate deniers in Senate, drops mic
Aug 1, 2014, 2:18 pm By Ted Alvarez
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Sen. James Inhofe (R.-Okla.) are practically like…Why is this union fighting Obama’s power plant regulations while saying it supports climate action?
Aug 1, 2014, 2:13 pm By Ben Adler
This week we learned two apparently contradictory facts about the International Brotherhood of…Sierra Club honors environmental justice. Who’s next?
Aug 1, 2014, 2:07 pm By Brentin Mock
The Sierra Club announced this week that it has created a new award named after Dr. Robert Bullard,…Watch drought take over the entire state of California in one GIF
Aug 1, 2014, 1:46 pm By Alex Park
California, the producer of half of the nation’s fruits, veggies, and nuts, is experiencing its…As residents leave this Detroit street, it sprouts art
Aug 1, 2014, 5:15 am By Heather Smith
I stopped by the Heidelberg Project on my last day in Detroit. I had read about it for years — the…How to forage for wild berries
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Foraged vegetables are always more fun to cook. So Food52’s resident forager, Tama Matsuoka Wong,…Patagonia makes waves with plant-based wetsuits and obligatory weed jokes
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Patagonia, the outdoor clothing outfitter, has figured out what gets surfers’ attention — and…Using Airbnb is greener than staying in hotels
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Airbnb recently scored surprise props from Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson, a hotel-industry…Cargill promises to get right with palm oil
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Back on National Doughnut Day (the holiday we all know and love), I mentioned that there were three…
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