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| Filed Under: | Issues & Causes / Environmentalism | |
| Posts on Regator: | 10877 | |
| Posts / Week: | 39.9 | |
| Archived Since: | March 4, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Coal plants could be linked to thousands of North Carolina suicides
New research suggests that people in counties with coal-fired power plants are more likely to kill themselves.
Occupy the Farm movement rises again, hours after being raided
Guerrilla farmers planted thousands of veggie seedlings over the weekend, only to see them plowed over Monday by the University of California. Within hours, the activists returned.
These cartoon bears care more about the environment than you do
Smokey isn't the only fictional bear who cares about the environment.
Taco Bell has invented the waffle taco
Taco Bell is testing a waffle taco. It's end of days. Or it's the greatest news ever.
This (theoretical) house is entirely powered by exercise
How would you like to have a house where every room was a workout station? How would you like it if that house was named after Jane Fonda?
Pay dreams: Six smart people on how to invest in the earth
Umbra asks the experts for a little financial advice. The question pays off, with interest.
Don’t get backyard chickens unless you are prepared to kill them
It's pretty simple, really. Hens lay eggs until they're about three. And then they live for five to seven years after that.
North Carolina might ban Tesla’s business model
State lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prevent Tesla from selling its own cars in the state, forcing it to go through commission-charging car dealerships instead.
London may soon be drinking recycled sewage
And 63 percent of people who took a totally unscientific Guardian poll said they would be fine with this.
Determined kids in small California town push for plastic bag ban
A group of NorCal kids who kept a park open with their efforts have now turned their attention to single-use plastic bags.
Geoengineering research: Never or now?
Maybe it's time to get serious about far-out planetary technofixes. Or maybe we'd just screw things up even more royally.
Ask Umbra: How would you spend $50 million for the planet?
A reader wonders what investment would net the best returns for Mother Earth. Umbra suggests a well-rounded portfolio.
Food-safety push in California hurts wildlife — and doesn’t make food safer
A deadly outbreak of E. coli in 2006 spurred an overhaul of food-safety practices, but that's been bad news for natural habitats, a study finds.
Pennsylvania’s ag-gag law could protect frackers
A bill in the state House would not only shield animal abusers from activists -- it could also shield natural-gas companies.
Vermont House approves GMO labeling law
If the Senate and the governor approve, Vermont could become the first state in the nation to require labeling of genetically modified foods.
Supreme Court hands a big win to Monsanto on GMO seeds
The court ruled unanimously that an Indiana soybean farmer violated Monsanto’s patent by saving its trademark Roundup Ready seeds.
This guy got swallowed by a hippo and lived to tell his harrowing tale
Paul Templer almost got eaten by a hippo. He passes the wisdom from this experience on to you.
Lots of people, animals, and plants will be homeless thanks to climate change
Hundreds of millions of people will likely be forced out of their homes by climate change, and 34 percent of animals could lose half their range.
This ain’t The Onion: Wall Street Journal urges “more atmospheric carbon dioxide”
The country's leading financial newspaper jumps to the defense of the "demonized chemical compound" CO2.
Sorry, Jared, Subway food can be just as bad for you as McDonald’s
Sure, it's possible to get a somewhat healthy sandwich at Subway. But that is not what people are ordering.