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Want free public transportation? Here’s what would happen
The main goal of transportation that costs riders nothing — getting people out of their cars — can't be achieved by eliminating fares.
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Can urban foraging actually feed poor people?
Urban foraging won't fill you up or provide miraculous cures, and you'll end up with lots of very bitter greens, but it could be the perfect solution for food deserts.
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London is building Europe’s longest bike superhighway
The billion-dollar "segregated cycleway" will stretch approximately 18 miles directly through the center of the city.
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TV networks now cover climate change, but they’re doing it wrong
According to a new study, the major broadcast news networks are covering climate change more than they have in years. The bad news: A lot of it is misleading and unscientific.
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How a black kid who grew up in the segregated South became a barefisted biologist
Tyrone Hayes took on a massive chemical company over the impacts of its top-selling herbicide. His story is the subject of a new Amazon original documentary produced by The New Yorker.
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Seattle to shame residents for throwing away food
The city will shame and fine residents for putting compostable food in the trash bin.
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Texas takes civil rights challenge all the way to the Supreme Court
The legal dispute revolves around fair housing policies, but it could undermine a key tenet of environmental justice law.
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Climate change could be happening 2,400 feet under Antarctic ice
Scientist drilled half a mile through ancient Antarctic glaciers and found, yup, more evidence of human-caused climate change.
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How much is climate change going to cost us?
The models we use to estimate the cost of climate impacts may be substantially underestimating them. New research shows how.