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The sharing economy locked itself in its room again — it’s going through puberty
Once you could use Airbnb for a harmless little orgy. NOW the grownups say no. Parents just don’t understand!
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Before repairing the climate, we’ll have to repair the impacts of racism
If you wonder why more black people aren’t so quick to fight against the Keystone XL pipeline, it’s because we’re too busy fighting the school-to-prison pipeline.
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What’s cooler than an electric Fonzie? Nothing. Nothing is cooler than an electric Fonzie
Would the Fonz drive one of these bad boys? Oh yes he would. And they're coming soon to a street near you.
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More oil spills ahead for Puget Sound?
Three proposed fossil fuel projects aim to boost coal and oil exports out of the Pacific Northwest, which would raise the risk of oil spills.
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Could a bullet train take you from the U.S. to China to Europe?
China wants to build a high-speed rail network that could ferry passengers from the U.S. to Beijing in two days, and onward from there.
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House built to coexist with nature. Nature has had enough of house
Mies van der Rohe’s oft-flooded architectural masterpiece, Farnsworth House, is about to get some elevator shoes.
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Do coal companies have more rights than voters?
A coal company in St. Louis doesn't want to wage a ballot battle over its lucrative tax breaks -- so it sued to get the measure thrown out.
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Make Me Care: What should we really fear and loathe in Las Vegas?
Heat waves and droughts? Pshaw. Sin City has bigger things to worry about.
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When China became the world’s workshop, it inherited the world’s air pollution, too
A visit to Beijing, and its notorious blanket of smog, brings a flashback to the U.S. industrial heartland in its heyday.
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The week in GIFs: Orange Is the New Black
You don't need a prison wife to appreciate the week's green news.
