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This thriller set in wastewater treatment plant sounds awesome
What's scary about watery old poo? Turns out, EVERYTHING.
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This online dashboard shows you a city’s water and electric usage in real time
Normally, all this happens in secret. But, in a bid to help educate citizens about the resources they use, the city of Oberlin, Ohio, is showing and telling.
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Extreme heat reveals extreme infrastructure challenges
Crazy weather puts all kinds of stress on the country's aging infrastructure. We'll have to invest in upgrades as we face a changing climate.
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This San Francisco dump pays artists to play with its trash
The company picks artists who use recycled materials in their art, gives them a monthly stipend, a studio space -- naturally, it's a shipping container -- and "scavenging privileges".
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Quebec oil-train tragedy triggered oil spill that threatens water supplies
As emergency crews search for the dead in Lac-Mégantic, environmental officials are confronted with a 60-mile slick of crude on the Chaudière River.
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French are pissed we banned their “filthy, putrid” cheese
Someone please let this adorable cheese out of jail!
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This boat circled the globe on sun power alone
Sure, this boat only averaged about 6 mph. But it's totally solar-powered!
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Climate change is making private heat islands for people of color
New research suggests that people of color are at a higher risk for extreme heat events.
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Spooky sculptures put illegally felled trees back together again
These sculptures are deliberately uncanny, because they're sort of like undead neck-bolted Frankenstein's Monster trees.
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Japan’s utilities clamor to fire up nuke plants
Two years after the Fukushima meltdown, Japan's government is moving toward allowing nuclear reactors to restart. Never mind that many Japanese citizens think that's a terrible idea.
