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Beyond widgets: Envisioning a real transportation revolution
A recent report showed how much carbon can be cut through changes in vehicles. But changes in transportation systems go well beyond vehicles.
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Celebrating a Huge Offshore Wind Victory in Maryland
The winds of change brought some great progress to Maryland this week when the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013 passed through both houses of the legislature. The offshore wind bill has been championed from the start by Governor Martin O’Malley, who stands ready to sign the bill into law. This is a huge […]
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Massive Louisiana sinkhole just keeps on growing
A sinkhole that was triggered in August by salt mining for the oil and gas sector has grown to 12 acres, threatening 150 homes.
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Two Ways Americans May Get More Ownership of their Energy Future
Three years ago, the prospects for Americans to own their energy future seemed relatively bleak. There were almost no replicable models for doing community-based energy projects or investment, despite falling costs and technology – solar and wind – that lend themselves to local development. But thanks to recent opportunities in community solar and crowdfunding, we […]
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Major Scientific Group Drops Tar Sands Research
(Re-published with permission from DeSmog Canada) The Helmholtz Association of Research Centres, a major German scientific body with more than 30,000 researchers and US$4.4 billion in annual funding, has dropped out of a joint Alberta tar sands project over fears that the project was damaging the institution’s reputation. In April 2011, the Province of Alberta invested $25 […]
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Two reasons climate change is not like other environmental problems
Commentators often think about climate change as an "environmental problem," but it's very different from traditional environmental problems, in two important ways.
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Summer rains in Southwest arriving late because of climate change
Delays to the monsoon season in America's southwestern desert states could hurt farmers, cities, and ecosystems.
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Australia’s Plan to Nuke the Great Barrier Reef
A recent green light could see radioactive uranium shipped right over one the greatest natural wonders in the world. Ever scuba dived? Or even just put a mask to your face in knee-deep water and looked under the surface at all the brilliant fish and creatures that make a tropical reef their home? It is […]
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Amazing street artist turns abandoned buildings into creepy, funny faces
Russian street artist Nikita Nomerz paints faces on buildings in out-of-the-way places.
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Climate change could mean seven times as many Katrinas
If only a fraction of predicted global warming happens, the East Coast could be in for a rough century.
