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“Sit-able cities” might be even better than walkable ones
Walkable cities are great. But once you get where you’re walking, you want to relax, right?
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Welcome back, federal workers! Look how we screwed up your research
Climate research and other sciences took heavy hits when the federal government shut down for two weeks.
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Chicago turns “the Ol’ Pisspot” into a watery urban playground
Once a backwater filled with unspeakable yuck, the Chicago River is now a model of how cities can right past wrongs, for everyone’s benefit.
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Nuns with a new creed: Environmentalism
While many of their aged peers are living out their days in quiet convents, these women are digging gardens and offsetting carbon.
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A triumphant Cory Booker heads to Washington, with big green shoes to fill
Booker gets mixed reviews from greens who watched him in action as Newark's mayor. Now, as New Jersey's new senator, will he step up?
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The Chinese army knows how to deal with giant deadly hornets: FLAMETHROWERS
If your first reaction upon learning that giant hornets are stinging people to death in China was "KILL IT WITH FIRE," the Chinese army is one step ahead of you.
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Court’s EPA move puts smiles on green faces
The Supreme Court is going to hear a challenge to EPA greenhouse-gas regulations. Here's why enviros are cheering.
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Colorado frackers pump out cash to ward off ballot initiatives
The Colorado Oil and Gas Association has spent more than $600,000 in its effort to defeat proposed fracking bans and suspensions in four cities.
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Whoops, looks like the Yeti may just be a hybrid polar bear
Concerned about the fate of the polar bears? Take heart -- apparently there are some spares living in the Himalayas, getting mistaken for Abominable Snowmen.
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