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Environment
Just Dye It: Nike Moves to Limit Water Pollution
Right now, dyeing fabric uses tremendous amounts of water. Nike's partnering with a company that could change that.
Design
Intermission: 'SOUP' and Sea Pollution
In a series of hauntingly gorgeous photographs entitled “SOUP,” Mandy Barker captures the bright, plastic debris that covers our oceans.
Environment
Troubled Waters: Inside the Clean-Up of the Gowanus Canal
The Gowanus canal has been polluted for decades, but now the clean-up process is starting.
Environment
How the Marine Corps Covered Up Toxic Water at an N.C. Base
A documentary following the fight to hold the military responsible for contamination at Camp Lejeune is now available online.
Environment
Photos: In the 1970s, Green Innovation Amid Pollution
Forty years ago this month, the Environmental Protection Agency sent photographers across the United States to document the state of the environment.
Environment
Low Fashion: H&M Has a Pollution Problem
A factory that major brand H&M partners with is polluting Chinese rivers, but I'm still going to shop there. Here's why.
Education
Can These Two College Students Solve the Carpooling Puzzle?
Two students from the University of Costa Rica want to reduce the number of wasteful solo car trips by making carpooling with strangers safe and easy.
Environment
In the United States, Polluting Is Really Cheap
Activities that cause costly harm to our ecosystems and hurt public health enjoy a scandalously low tax rate.
Environment
Activists Paint "Quit Coal" On Chicago Coal Plant Smokestack
Check out this remarkable time-lapse video of activists painting "Quit Coal" on a Chicago smokestack.
Environment
The Susquehanna: America’s Most Endangered River
There's a new list of the nation's "Most Endangered Rivers." The Susquehanna, the longest waterway that flows into the Atlantic Ocean, is in trouble.
Environment
Lisa Jackson Has Deja Vu on The Daily Show
Oh, how far we've come!
Cities
Superb Idea: Buildings that Eat Smog
A new coating for aluminum panels will help our energy-hungry buildings clean the air themselves.
Environment
New Study Says Bad Air Makes for Bad Workers
CEOs take note: A compromised ability to breathe makes people less effective cogs in your profit machine.
Environment
Half of Americans Breathe Dangerously Polluted Air
The American Lung Association's new State of the Air report finds terrible air in cities all over the country. But it isn't all bad news.
Environment
How Close Do You Live to Toxic Coal Emissions?
A new interactive map from the Sierra Club lets you see just how close you and your loved ones live to the toxic emissions from coal-burning plants.
Environment
One Big Benefit of the Clean Air Act: Longer Lives
Over the past three decades, American life expectancy has increased by more than two and a half years. The majority of that improvement is...
Culture
People Are Awesome: Pro Surfer Risks His Life to Rescue Woman Swept Into the Pacific
A serendipitous series of events led to James Pribram being in the right place at the right time, allowing him to save drowning Maira Khan's life.
Environment
Three Exxon Valdez's Worth of Oil and Gas Spill Every Year in the U.S.
Most oil and gas spills don't make headlines, but they're happening every day around the country, and they're ruining lives.
