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Paris plans to ban cars from its city center
To fight smog, the city's badass mayor wants to outlaw unnecessary traffic, ban all diesel cars, and double the number of bike lanes.
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Why environmentalists should support the Black Lives Matter protests
Still missing the connection between the fight for the planet and the movement that has grown out of the killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner? Let us explain.
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Adapting to climate change will cost much more than we thought
And we still don't know how in the world to pay for it. That's the bottom line of a jarring new report from the U.N. Environment Fund.
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A Republican rep calls for his party to “recognize the reality” of climate change
Chris Gibson, whose upstate New York district has been hit hard by mega-storms, plans to introduce a climate-related resolution in the House.
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Is there such thing as a “green” poinsettia?
A reader wants an eco-friendly holiday plant option. Umbra poinsettias out the obvious.
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We can feed the world without chopping down more forests
And we should, even if that means -- gasp! -- using synthetic fertilizers.
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Martin O’Malley, long-shot presidential hopeful, is a real climate hawk
In an interview with Grist, the outgoing Maryland governor talks about how to make progress on climate change.
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“We want democracy, but we don’t have the theory or skill to do it”
Filmmaker-author Astra Taylor talks about Occupy, debt relief, why the environmental movement needs organization more than scale, and the nature of democratic change.
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Why ants are NYC’s unsung heroes
A recent survey of the ants of New York turned up a surprising number of different species!
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A college isn’t green if it’s not safe for women
A student’s open letter to Vassar’s administration, which revealed an utter mishandling of her rape, caught one alumna off guard.
