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On defense: Cities get serious about climate resilience in 2013
This is the year we realized that being "green" is more than a tired trend. For cities, coping with climate chaos is a matter of survival.
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Hey, protester, leave those Google buses alone
Activists fighting gentrification in San Francisco criticize private buses for Google employees. But getting rid of them wouldn't be good for the city or the environment.
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Super-rich Californians formed a nonprofit to protest bad smells
Wouldn’t it be cool if the hella-wealthy were as concerned about air pollution from their SUVs as they are about stink from sea lions?
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8 million acres of China’s farmland are too polluted to grow food
The area's about the same size as Belgium.
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New York developer tears down a huge, productive community garden in the middle of the night
The city leased the land to a developer to build a concert venue.
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These piglets glow in the dark
Scientists in China transferred jellyfish DNA into pigs.
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Now you can plant your garden by firing a shotgun into the ground
Nothing says “contemplative Sunday afternoon” like walking around your backyard with a firearm.
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Maybe your 2014 New Year’s resolution should be eating vegan mayo
Apparently this stuff really IS better than mayo. Or so swears one Slate writer.
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Whole new crystal ball game: What does 2014 hold for rabble-rousers?
Divestment, protesters, arrests, Warsaw, Obama: 2013 was a tumultuous year for green activists. We predict next year will be even wilder.
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Ask Umbra: Could you settle the debate over dishwashers vs. hand-washing?
A reader insists she can scrub circles around even a super efficient dishwasher. Umbra brushes up on the basics.
