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Reading, writing, & arsenic: New Orleans school planned atop toxic dump
Louisiana continues a long tradition of planting schools -- particularly those serving poor, black kids -- on contaminated brownfields.
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This fancypants sofa bench is actually a rainwater collector
It slurps up rain and traps the water inside.
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This chicken coop used to be a 1970s police car
It's a clever bit of upcycling, and a clever bit of punning as well.
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This Pacific island has so much plastic pollution it might become a Superfund site
Part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge is being studied for potential Superfund designation, the first time plastic pollution has prompted such consideration.
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Meat-based diets linked with type 2 diabetes; vegans everywhere get smug
Guess we won't be having that bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich today after all.
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This video of a semitruck’s blind spot will blow your MIND
Sorry for the Upworthy headline, but seriously.
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Illinois College Students Vote Six to One in Favor of Divestment
Mary Anne Hitt: Americans continue to demand clean energy from the local to national level, and here’s yet another amazing example of quick, successful organizing by college students in Illinois. I’ll let my colleagues tell you all the wonderful details: Illinois College Students Vote Six to One in Favor of Divestment Co-written by Anastasia Schemkes […]
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Miami couple forced to rip out 17-year-old veggie garden in their front yard
You can have pink plastic flamingos in your front yard, but not a vegetable garden. WTF?
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Climate debt collectors: Occupy wants the 1% to pay up
Here's how Hurricane Sandy inspired the debt-relieving Rolling Jubilee crew to focus on climate -- and why you shouldn't feel guilty about flying.
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Coal industry tries to crash Warsaw climate talks, gets spanked
At a big coal summit being held near U.N. climate negotiations, the industry argues that its fancy-pants new plants are clean. Scientists call bullshit.
