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How a year of storms and drought has changed one child’s education.

December 8, 2018December 7, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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When I think of the third grade, I think of a classroom. Chairs, desks ... a blackboard, of course. A knapsack, pencils, newspaper. John's in the third grade too, and he's got all that plus a bunch of classmates, what seems to be a pretty nice teacher, and access to…

You have to see these pigeons with tiny knapsacks. They’re air quality superheroes.

December 6, 2018December 4, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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There's a new flying weapon in the fight against air pollution. Not drones . Or satellites . But pigeons. Pigeons with itty-bittybackpacks . These winged heroes are part of the Pigeon Air Patrol. Pigeon Air Patrol is an alliance between tech company Plume Labs and marketing and technology agencyDigitasLBi. For…

A Brazilian widower gets adopted by a penguin. It’s freaking adorable.

July 29, 2018July 29, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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Many of us have special places in our hearts for pets. And for most of us, it's a puppy or a cat that greets us when we come home or wakes us up with slobbery kiss. There aren't a lot of people, though, who can say that their kindred animal…

Environmentalists call these 12 chemicals the Dirty Dozen. Here’s why.

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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You may have heard of the Dirty Dozen 12 chemicals that activists have identified as potentially harmful that we regularly come in linked with in our home, health, and beauty products. Over the past decade, a lot of science and research has gone into figuring out the long- and short-term…

What change can one person actually build in fighting climate change? More than you might suppose.

December 12, 2017December 11, 2017 by estebanoreilly

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Hey! You!( yes that's right, you ) You're just like me a well-intentioned, well-informed, socially responsible, and ridiculously good-looking person who believes in a better world and is also completely and utterly overwhelmed by anything and everything relating to climate change and the environment. It's cool. I get it. It's…