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Watch the U.S. face off against China on this carbon emissions map
China is the world's leading carbon polluter today, but the U.S. held the title for decades.
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Behind every crumbling downtown is a billionaire who wants to save it
Detroit ponders its dependence on billionaire Dan Gilbert just as another high-profile effort to revive a downtown in Las Vegas, led by another tech CEO, hits the rapids.
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The cruel, increasingly usual prison punishment no one is talking about
Climate change and urban heat islands are making life inside the big house even more intolerable for the guilty and innocent alike.
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Chicago’s garbage trucks will be rollin’ on volts
Our trash won't be riding dirty for too much longer. North America's first electric garbage truck is rolling through Chicago.
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35,000 walruses start their own climate march
Shrinking sea ice forces walruses to flop ashore en masse.
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Oyster prices could skyrocket if we don’t change our shellfish ways
That's the bottom line according to a scientist at the largest producer of farmed shellfish in the country.
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150 hurricanes later, these island people can teach us a few things about surviving climate change
The Gullah/Geechee Nation sits on a 35-mile-long string of islands on the Atlantic Seaboard. When storms hit, these folks take the brunt of it.
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If Berkeley can’t pass a soda tax, who can?
Taxing soda won't single-handedly end obesity, but it's still a step worth supporting.
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What to do with an overload of eggplant
Learn the best ways to store, prep, and cook this late-summer vegetable, then dig into a classic eggplant parmesan.
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Watch this adorable scientist explain climate change with Cosby sweaters
The cute climate scientist will stop at nothing to fight climate change denial.