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Michigan thinks burning tires counts as renewable energy

A Michigan bill aims to classify fuel made by burning tires and hazardous industrial waste as renewable energy, but environmentalists say that's setting a dangerous precedent.

Kate Abbey-Lambertz Cities

Why I’m breaking up with Uber

Uber, I loved you, but your disregard for women's safety is bringing me down.

Eve Andrews Technology

Now bike messengers will run lights to deliver your Amazon

Drones are out, cyclists are in for the company's latest strategy to undercut brick-and-mortar.

Sam Bliss Technology

Night-proof your bike by turning it into a giant reflector

Emily Thibodeau, of Boston-based Hub Powderworks, coats entire bike frames in a special type of newfangled, super reflective paint.

Madeleine Thomas Culture

No one sucks on climate change like Australia, mate

Performance index released at Lima climate talks puts Denmark in the best-performing slot, followed by Sweden and Britain.

Graham Readfearn Technology

What would it mean for the environment if Hillary targeted pickup-driving country fans?

Trying to appeal to rural white voters is the wrong way for a Democrat to win the White House. And it would be bad for the climate too.

Ben Adler Politics

These crazy maps show just how much ground roads cover

When you look at all the roads in your state, you can learn a lot about how we rewrite the land we live on.

Amelia Urry Culture

USDA dumps millions in lunch money on local food

Could the long national nightmare of gross school lunches be drawing to a close? Not yet, but this is a good start.

Nathanael Johnson Politics

Here’s why the Freedom Tower isn’t the greenest building in America after all

Under pressure to get a publishing giant into the iconic tower, the site's developers may have sacrificed a core part of its green plans.

James West Technology

Sea swallows the last house in doomed Virginia beach town

In the 1950s, developers pitched Cedar Island, Va., as the next great East Coast beach resort. That dream is now completely gone.

Greg Hanscom Cities

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