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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.
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Here’s what it’s like to ride on a subway with the doors open
What's worse -- a transit system that shuts down all the time because of malfunctions, or one that just powers through?
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Parking? Lots! A case study of absurd and pernicious parking rules
Many cities legally require off-street parking spaces for single-family homes. This leads to ridiculous and unwelcome results.
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Obama in Berlin: “We have to get to work” on climate change
Climate change "is the global threat of our time," Obama said in a big speech at the Brandenburg Gate. Fitting, as the weather in Berlin was an unseasonably hot 92 degrees.
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Canadian crooks are illegally dumping squirrels
Ottawans are rounding up squirrels and sneaking them into Quebec, the squirrel toilet of Canada.
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Get ready to feel disappointed by any drink not brought to you by a trained otter
Tsukumi Dolphin Island, a Sea World-type park in Japan, employs an otter to fetch patrons juice from a vending machine.
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Dead zone could break records in Gulf this year
Heavy farm runoff and heavy rainfall could lead to a New Jersey-sized dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico this year. The news for Chesapeake Bay is more upbeat.
