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First-Time Composter Learns to Deal with the Stink

The one thing I’ve been meaning to do and haven’t is compost. It’s intimidating. I live in a 600-square-foot apartment, and I’m a fanatic cook who cuts and peels vegetables with the dexterity of a Samurai; I leave lots of food scrap in my wake.

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Insect Apocalypse? Bothered By Bereft of Backyard Bugs

Let me start with this disclaimer: I am not an entomologist. With that significant disclosure on the record, I am concerned about the lack of insects in my yard — not mosquitoes and ticks, they are in abundance. I’m talking about bees, dragonflies, ladybird beetles, and a host of other bugs I saw last summer.

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R.I.’s Land-Use Vision and Climate Efforts Blindsided By Shortsighted Development

There’s no consistency in our development practices, except that we continue to bulldoze forests and destroy open space because it’s more profitable than redeveloping our concrete jungle. Our conservation efforts can’t keep up with forest fragmentation and coastal development.

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