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Buzzkill: Huge bee die-off in Oregon parking lot blamed on insecticide spraying
An estimated 25,000 bumblebees were killed in a Target parking lot after landscapers sprayed blooming trees with insecticide. Happy Pollinator Week!
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Dolphin dies after idiots make it pose for too many photos
If a dolphin is injured, you'd think the correct response would be "Let's get it help," NOT "Let's put this on Instagram," right?
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Can a music festival be sustainable? Pickathon is finding out
A little music festival in Oregon has ditched single-use plates and cups, put up solar panels, and encouraged its audience to come by bus and bike. Can a giant party in the woods get greener, make enough money to survive, and stay fun?
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Ugly by law: Check out how parking requirements shape our cities
Here's a photo essay on how off-street parking minimums shape our neighborhoods and architecture.
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Black to the land: Project explores connections between race and place
Most African Americans, Caribbean Americans, and African immigrants live in cities. That doesn’t mean they don’t have deep roots.
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Coming soon: An Obama climate strategy
As soon as next week, the president is expected to unveil new initiatives to tackle climate change -- including long-awaited rules on power plants.
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Seattle adopts plan for going carbon neutral — but will pot growers get in the way?
The city aims to cut net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. But energy-sucking indoor marijuana operations could throw the effort off course.
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Coal foes suffer setback in fight against exports
The Army Corps of Engineers says it won't review the climate-changing impacts of plans to export coal from Northwest ports, a blow to enviros and many political leaders in the region.
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New York City gets public solar-powered cellphone chargers
Street Charge stations will be offering up precious joules to drained phones at 25 locations in the next three months.
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NYC’s official website explains why NYC’s official compost plan can’t possibly work
It appears that Mayor Bloomberg was against composting before he was for it.
