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Seattle’s tunneling megamachine is more effed than we thought
Bertha, the tunneling machine drilling beneath downtown Seattle, is falling apart.
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Look forward to a sweaty future, America, thanks to climate change
There's a lot of bodily moisture in the cards as parts of the U.S. get warmer, and more people choose to move to those parts of the country.
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7 reasons why America needs to get tough on smog
Big Oil has launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign arguing we don't need and can’t afford strong limits on ozone pollution. They're wrong.
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I kayaked to Shell and back. Here’s what I learned
The personal met the political in Seattle's Elliott Bay.
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Activists blockade Seattle port to protest Shell’s Arctic drilling plans
Protesters left their kayaks behind and took to the streets to prevent workers from reaching Shell's Polar Pioneer rig, which arrived in the city last week.
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Need a pick-me-up? We’ll be here (if you help us stay alive)
Here's your chaser to depressing planetary news.
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Sneakerheads’ souls crumble as their soles crumble
A common sneaker material doesn't play well with water and oxygen -- i.e. Earth's atmosphere.
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Texans are freaking out over this natural gas pipeline — with good reason
The Trans-Pecos pipeline would carry gas from Texas fields down to Mexico, right through the pristine Big Bend region.
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Here’s a radical idea: Climate activists need to engage conservatives
When U.S. climate activists talk about diversity, they don't mean political diversity. But to make real progress, we'll need conservatives too.
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People of color suffer through extra long commutes
If you're Latino and live in the Twin Cities, you burn more than a month of work time each year just getting to the office, when compared to your white counterparts.
