Melissa Mahony is OnEarth.org’s senior editor. She previously worked at Wildlife Conservation magazine, blogged about energy for SmartPlanet, and has written for many publications about science and the environment.
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My life as an urban egg smuggler
Keeping hens is legal in most places in the city—sorry roosters, you’re just too noisy—and in recent years, more and more coops have been popping up across the boroughs and in cities around the country.
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WTF, Weather?
Can’t keep your ‘derechos’ straight from your ‘haboobs?’ Fear not! This vocab list will make you a global warming whiz.
January 10, 2014




















