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Cities, get ready — the tiny houses are coming
How should one fill an awkward, leftover urban space? Put a tiny house on it.
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The Cowboys and Indians pipeline protest was a throwback — in more ways than one
The carefully designed anti-Keystone demonstration in D.C. put a dramatic face on the movement.
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A week after Alaska OKs a big gas pipeline, another gas pipeline ruptures
Alaskan tundra was coated with a mist of oil and natural gas on Monday. The accident was a reminder of the folly of a massive pipeline proposal.
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Public transit’s unlikely advocates? Older Americans
In addition to transit, older adults prioritize grocery stores and parks over big-box stores and malls. Wisdom DOES come with age!
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Farmers vacuum maple syrup out of trees in an attempt to save breakfast
Climate change is screwing with maple syrup. Farmers are trying a new tool to salvage what syrup they can get.
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Supreme Court slaps down Big Coal
The ruling is a big win for the Obama administration, allowing it crack down on power plant pollution that blows across state borders.
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Should you become a demitarian? (Yeah, probably)
Relax, no one’s eating Demi Moore. Demitarianism means eating half the meat you usually do.
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Wine in cardboard bottles ain’t classy, but you might want to get used to it
Putting wine in bottle-shaped cardboard can cut fuel needs by 80 percent. But will it provoke Judge-y In-Law Side-Eye?!
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Crowdsourcing graffiti: Color+City matches empty walls with street artists
Sign up to donate a blank wall or claim a space as your canvas for 15 days, and make your town a little brighter.
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Top coal lobbyist compares coal plants to 90s car phones, refuses to say if coal contributes to climate change
The US coal industry has been struggling with its PR efforts in the face of some tough conditions: polls show that coal is Americans’ “least favored” energy source, scientists insist that most fossil fuels – especially coal – must stay underground, and broad majorities of Americans support carbon pollution limits on coal fired power plants. […]
