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Marcellus, N.Y., namesake of the Marcellus shale formation, bans fracking
A unanimous town board vote means that the namesake for the shale formation will never allow it to be fracked.
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Finally, you can display your love of public transit and show off your gams at the same time
The New York subway and your legs: a combination you probably never thought of, but now that it's been done it seems so obvious.
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Keystone will be even worse for the climate than you thought, says futile new report
Petroleum coke, a byproduct of the tar-sands process, is worse for the climate than coal, says a report that's not likely to change anyone's mind.
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Artist makes potholes useful by filling them with flowers and spaghetti
To you a pothole may look like evidence of crumbling infrastructure, but to Davide Luciano it looks like a nice place to garden, fish, or wash your dog.
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Guess which North American country produces the most garbage. Wrong!
We suspect that this factoid won't make it into tourism brochures.
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The sharing economy wants to play with the big kids — is it ready?
Can companies like Airbnb survive in a hostile regulatory environment -- or even rewrite the rules? Maybe, but only if they're honest about what they're doing.
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Coke ‘joins’ the anti-obesity fight — will fast food take note?
New research links frequent fast-food consumption to the worldwide allergy epidemic. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola is on the offensive with a new anti-obesity campaign.
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Another urgent need for infrastructure spending: Levees
Many of the nation's levees are in bad shape, says the Army Corps of Engineers. But Republicans don't like to fund disaster prevention.
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Watch seriously endangered baby birds take their first steps
Spoon-billed sandpipers are super-adorable, and there are only 100 breeding pairs left in the wild.
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How are we doing on energy efficiency?
Utility spending on energy-efficiency programs is poised to double by 2025, assuming no policy changes. That's not nearly enough.
