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Governors love this pipeline in the Northeast, residents not so much
Kinder Morgan's big gas pipeline extension project is on hold, and the opposition to it recalls the revolt against urban freeways two generations ago.
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What’s the best way to dispose of an old car battery?
A reader's battery has shuffled off this mortal coil. Umbra says Mexican recycling plants make calamity of so long a life.
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Walk to work — you’ll be happier
A recent study finds that people who walk to work or take the train are more satisfied than the rest of us. What do they know that we don't?
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You might think bikeshares cut down on CO2, but the truth is complicated
More than 23 million rides have been taken on bikeshares, though research is still unclear on how much they help the planet.
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See-through solar cells could turn your windows into power stations
Even Harry Potter would be impressed.
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Have you noticed our handsome new website?
We think our latest redesign is our best ever. But don't take our word for it -- let us know what you think.
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This meat substitute is all-natural and GMO-free — and might be making people sick
A nonprofit group says Quorn, the mushroom-based fake meat, is causing real illnesses and asks the FDA to regulate it.
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GOP candidate asks residents to mail him their pee
If urine Cave Junction, Ore., this congressional candidate would like to hear from you.
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Leaving Las Vegas, a city feeling the slow burn of climate change
I came for the apocalypse. I got art instead.
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Why Vandana Shiva is so right and yet so wrong
The environmental crusader has a beautiful vision of the world we'd like to have. Too bad she has such a loose way with the factual details.