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Meet the firefighters on the front lines of wildfire-ravaged America
Elk Creek Fire Chief Bill McLaughlin has firsthand experience of the spread of wildfires throughout the western United States.
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Feeling defeated? These solutions fight climate change and empower people
From tree-plantings to community gardens and citizen science, there's good work being done in America's cities, and it deserves a shout-out.
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We need old buildings to make great cities, but we need new ones too
The National Trust for Historic Preservation argues in favor of smaller, older buildings. But big, new projects are critical to healthy cities as well.
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College students design home with $2 energy bills
It's not a solar panel attached to a shoebox, either -- it's a three-bedroom, 1,925-square-foot craftsman-style house.
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Stephen Colbert’s refreshing solution for fighting climate change
Stephen Colbert has a surprisingly simple suggestion for dealing with apocalyptic climate change.
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How apps are helping small farmers bring you better coffee
Rewarding to know it’s not all Flappy Bird, right?
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Will the next coal ash disaster be in your neighborhood?
Guess what – you might be living near a toxic coal ash dump that threatens your local water supply, without even knowing it. Today, the Sierra Club and Earthjustice are releasing a new report called “Dangerous Waters: America’s Coal Ash Crisis” that highlights some of the most unsafe coal ash sites in the nation. Imagine […]
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![Firefighters battle the so-called Poinsettia Fire in Carlsbad, California May 14, 2014.]()
![Firefighters battle the so-called Poinsettia Fire in Carlsbad, California May 14, 2014.]()
Insane wildfires arrive months early in SoCal, threaten nuke plant
Drought-ravaged Southern California is aflame.
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Cities to suburbs: Where’s the transit love? Suburbs to cities: Where’s the bus?
After suburban voters torpedoed a tax to fund bus service in the Seattle Metro area, transit activists grapple with the sad reality: Maybe the ‘burbs just weren’t designed for buses.
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Strip club flooded by oil spill in L.A.
A geyser of oil shot 50 feet in the air after a pipeline ruptured, leading to a 10,000-gallon spill and a knee-deep, lake-like mess.
