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Bikes in Boston’s subway are guarded by a cardboard cop
And he's cut bike theft by 67 percent.
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Uncovering the Cultural Barriers to Sustainability: a Eulogy for Jim Farrell
I spent the past two weeks saying goodbye to my father, Jim Farrell, so instead of my usual discussion of good policy and practices for distributed renewable energy, I’m taking time to explore how my dad’s work on sustainability fits with how I approach it in this blog (and elsewhere) in my work for the Institute […]
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The best time a federal agent went undercover as a gorilla
Federal officials reported that "apparently the agent was fairly proficient at apelike sound effects" and "it was a very good costume."
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Seven ways the drought in the West really sucks
New Mexicans are having to rely on trucked-in water, bears are getting antsy, desperate farmers are selling their water to frackers, and more.
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A year after a refinery explosion, Richmond, Calif., is fighting back
Last August's explosion and fire were just the latest in a long history of disasters at Chevron's East Bay plant. Locals have had enough.
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Watching Fox News makes you distrust climate scientists
New research shows that global warming denial is partly fueled by negative treatment of scientists in conservative media.
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If you need us, we’ll be chilling in these Copenhagen street hammocks
When we're bored of lying down, we're going to swing in them.
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Super-upsetting photo shows a polar bear killed by climate change
This isn't the only polar bear in danger, either.
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World’s cutest frog will cure what ails you
Do you have any troubles in your life? Any troubles at all? Then you need the desert rain frog.
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Grain Yields Starting to Plateau
By Lester R. Brown From the beginning of agriculture until the mid-twentieth century, growth in the world grain harvest came almost entirely from expanding the cultivated area. Rises in land productivity were too slow to be visible within a single generation. It is only within the last 60 years or so that rising yields have […]
