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The best times to buy gifts this holiday season [Infographic]

Black Friday and Cyber Monday aren't the only days when you can get good deals on a range of gifts.




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2013 Cyber Monday gift deals for the home cook

Here today, gone tomorrow deals to buy online for the home cook on your holiday shopping list.




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Eden Paper: Beautiful gift wrap that you can plant and, eventually, eat

After you've furiously torn through your holiday prezzies, plant Eden Paper gift wrap it in the backyard where it will grow into a patch of veggies.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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7 Cyber Monday deals for cooks and food lovers

Shop for great deals on small kitchen appliances, dinnerware, cookbooks and more from the comfort of your home with these Cyber Monday offers.




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5 'Buy One Give One' gifts to double your holiday giving

When you buy one of these gifts for someone on your list, a donation is made to someone in need.




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Salted Dried Cranberry-Hazelnut Chocolate Bark

This small-batch recipe is a treat for a small gathering or a holiday gift the kids can make.




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8 highly gift-able design books for the holiday season

'Tis the season for Cabin Porn and 200-page treatises on Norwegian wood chopping technique.



  • Remodeling & Design

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13 design gifts that give: A big-hearted holiday gift guide

Who said you can't partake in a little shopping on Giving Tuesday?




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5 oddball sleeping bags for a fun night's sleep

A roundup of some of the weirdest — or shall we call them unique? — sleeping bags out there.



  • Arts & Culture

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What kind of blender do I need?

9 models to consider once you know how you'll be using this versatile kitchen tool.




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8 ideas for gifts made by monks or nuns

Try a triple pale ale, some mint julep fudge, or an amaretto cheesecake made by nuns and monks.




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7 Valentine's Day bouquets that aren't roses

There are all sorts of other things to gather together into a bouquet and give with love.




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Holiday gift guide: 12 art and design gifts that give back big

Presenting a bevy of unique, useful and all-around lovely prezzies that support a range of good causes.




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Be a force for good on Shop For Good Sunday

Shop for Good Sunday lets you put your holiday spending where your values are.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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10 thoughtful gifts that double your generosity

When you buy these presents, stocking stuffers and hostess gifts, you're also giving to charity.




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Would you shop blind (for a cause)?

Blind brothers ask you to take a leap of faith to help find a cure for blindness.




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Why the best present is cold, hard cash

If you're doling out gift cards for Christmas, you might as well just give out cash.




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A 'raft' of volcanic stone may be a lifesaver for the Great Barrier Reef

A floating sheet of pumice could bring an infusion of life to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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What if everyone drove a hybrid?

The answer to this depends on the definition of hybrid, and how long it would take to "convert" each car on the road to a hybrid. One thing's for sure -- emissi




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Hybrid trucks: Delivering the total package

The shipping industry embraces fuel efficiency with hybrid delivery fleets.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Two Billion Cars

Are two billion cars a nightmare we can avoid? MNN's auto blogger reviews a new book on the subject.



  • Arts & Culture

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So Bright! A rockin' 100-mpg van

The incredibly fuel-efficient Bright Idea isn't aimed at jam band fans who follow Phish: It's targeting fleet customers like Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay and Cox Commun




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U.S. Navy gets hybrid Destroyer

A new USS Destroyer class, the DGG 51, boasts a hybrid-electric engine to conserve fuel on the high seas.



  • Research & Innovations

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Green tax incentives for businesses

Business and property owners can decrease their tax liability by taking advantage of one of the many green tax incentives available to businesses.




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Union of Concerned Scientists questions true value of hybrid cars

Option packages and other 'forced' features increase the base price of many vehicles, balancing out the environmental value, group says.




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UPS adds 200 hybrids to U.S. fleet

Next time you see one of UPS' iconic big brown delivery trucks, look closely because it may be one of the 200 new hybrids hitting the streets of American cities




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KBB announces top green cars for 2010

Despite the recall woes plaguing Toyota, Kelley Blue Book has named the Toyota Prius as the top green car for 2010.




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Toyota hybrid sales up 41.1%

Toyota Motor Sales released its April 2010 sales figures and Toyota and Lexus hybrid sales are up 41.1% over April 2009.




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4 questions to ask about the proposed eco-grades for cars

Your next car purchase may be based on a letter grade issued by Beltway bureaucrats.




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New MPG standards will lead to political debate

The latest tag team effort from the EPA and Department of Transportation is an ambitious one: the 60 mile per gallon car.




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The debt commission and the gas tax

What increasing the federal gas tax could mean for highways, green cars and the nation's bottom line.




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5 biggest car flops

The explosive Ford Pinto tops this list of the 5 biggest car flops.




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Ford and Toyota to develop new hybrid system

New hybrid system will allow rear-wheel drive light trucks and SUVs to achieve greater fuel efficiency levels.




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The deadly beasts of animal agriculture

Vanessa has a beef with meat, again.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Farmer battles animal factory and wins

Lynn Henning, a country farmer, wins the Goldman Prize for battling a massive factory cattle operation that was polluting once fertile farms in Michigan.



  • Research & Innovations

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Nearly 70% of turkey burgers contain fecal bacteria, says Consumer Reports

Overall, 90 percent of the ground turkey that the magazine examined had one or more of the five bacteria they tested for.



  • Protection & Safety

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Chinese company to buy Smithfield Foods; Business boon or disaster?

To meet China's insatiable demand for pork, Shuanghui International is turning to an American company to help 'bring home the bacon.'



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Talking about more than just coal

The Obama administration tips its hand on a number of energy policy issues during a press conference about coal leases in the West.




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Republicans take aim at wild lands in budget deal

As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on the budget deal, it's interesting to see what noteworthy cuts will be made to the environment.




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Obama administration reverses 'wild lands' plan

A plan to protect more than 11 million acres of land in the American West has been scrapped after months of talks inside the Beltway.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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U.S. creates first 'National Blueway'

Unlike the current patchwork of river protections, the National Blueway System will cover entire rivers 'from source to sea,' including their watersheds.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Media Mayhem: Ball four!

Enviros stage (at least) four lavish, environment-saving events to ring in the Obama administration.




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Media Mayhem: Leaf through these books

In honor of Earth Day, our columnist reveals his 13 favorite eco-books.



  • Arts & Culture

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Coolio transformed into breakdancing polar bear

Student filmmakers win Environment Agency film competition by casting Coolio as a water-wasting polar bear.




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Environmentalists are bringing solutions right to your desktop via Google Earth

Environmental activists are bringing problems (and solutions) right to your desktop via Google Earth.




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Media Mayhem: Bad news, and news done badly

After the recent swine flu outbreak, it's worth looking at the difference between reporting the news and scaring the audience. The former head of CNN's science



  • Research & Innovations

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Media Matters: PETA's knack for buzz

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk talks with Ken Edelstein about the infamous Obama fly swat, their reaction and why PR matters.




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Media Mayhem: Fox bursts my bubble

The global media’s response to the climate change bill shows how much influence Fox News has on the debate in the United States.



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Mayhem: Limbaugh's 'fatwa' against the New York Times' Andrew Revkin

How can you blame the master of talk radio for suggesting that an elitist environmental reporter kill himself?




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Media Mayhem: Bringing up baby in a cyberworld

Our media columnist’s newborn son wonders how he’ll get information when he’s all grown up.