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Big 50-year plan could make Detroit greener and healthier
A new blueprint for the Motor City, backed by big bucks from foundations, calls for more open space, better mass transit, and big changes in land use.
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If you aren’t alarmed about climate, you aren’t paying attention
A review of what climate change has in store renders the notion of climate "alarmism" rather quaint, even bizarre. There isn't enough alarm in the world for this.
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Pop-up park kit turns construction scaffolding into public green space
Think scaffolding is ugly? A New York City based design outfit called Softwalks aims to change your mind with adorable pop-up parks.
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These photos of the Australian dust storm will blow your mind
Western Australia got pounded by a dust storm, and the images are pretty mindboggling.
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Oil company foils government inspectors with high-tech gadgets (coffee filters)
Shell Alaska is busy taking notes.
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Baby sharks have superpowers
Brown-banded bamboo shark embryos still in their egg cases can also use an electroreceptive sense to escape predators with by playing dead.
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Hot in here: How the ‘If you’re 27 or younger’ meme took off
When you boil a complex statistic down to a phrase that connects with people, it finds a home in our minds.
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The sharing economy, from soup to nuts
Tool libraries! Coworking spaces! Car sharing! The “collaborative consumption” revolution is upon us. Here’s what you need to know to take part.
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Trapped orcas got free of the ice with no help whatsoever from the government
We're sure Rush Limbaugh would approve.
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Lisa Jackson blasts D.C. on her way out, while Chamber of Commerce shrugs and lobbies
Two statements from two leaders provide a stark, disconcerting portrait of American energy policy.
