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Henry David Thoreau would have given “12 Years a Slave” the Oscar for best picture, too
The 19th-century naturalist and political philosopher argued that slavery laid waste to the American landscape -- and not just in the South.
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Obsoleting Bertha: Viaduct traffic plummets
Sightline’s Clark Williams-Derry has a terrific post on the astounding decline in traffic on the Alaskan Way Viaduct since Seattle’s Big Dig II began. Trip volumes are down 40% in just 3 years! Clark analyzes the remarkable trend and concludes: At this point, nobody knows if [tunnel-boring machine] Bertha will ever get moving again, let alone complete […]
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Naples is cleaning up its streets by DNA-testing dog poop and tracking down the perpetrators
We Yanks aren’t off the hook, either -- communities in more than 40 states are testing dog dung to help stamp out crap.
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Iron Maiden singer will fly around the world in a giant hybrid airship
Iron Maiden singer, pilot, and hero Bruce Dickinson will circumnavigate the globe in the biggest thing that's ever flown -- a huge hybrid balloon.
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South Korea wants to put endangered species in gigantic bubbles
The giant translucent Easter eggs are supposed to "blend harmoniously within the surrounding environment."
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Drought-plagued California tries to drink the ocean (hold the salt)
Un-salted seawater might be one cure for California's water woes, and 17 new desalination projects are banking on it.
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Cabin fever: Are tiny houses the new American dream?
Tiny houses have seemingly taken over the landscape of aspirational real estate, and not just for the green-minded. What's the appeal?
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Feedlot frenzy: Should we shun grass-fed beef for the sake of the climate?
Don’t fence us in! Despite a new study’s findings, free-range meat still has a green streak.
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Round up the usual suspicious studies (but don’t link to them)
We picked some bad science to support our post on new findings about herbicide contamination of the atmosphere in the Mississippi Delta. Here's the scoop.
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Apple CEO says he doesn’t want stockholders who don’t believe in climate change
A right-wing think tank tried to tell Tim Cook to dump Apple's green initiatives. He basically flipped them off. (Take THAT!)
