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Climate-proofing cities: Not something conservatives are going to be good at
To prepare cities for climate change, we’re going to need government spending, government planning, and density. Right-wingers are unlikely to play along.
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The London Tube opened 150 years ago today — here’s its first complaint letter
The Tube must have run comparatively well, because it took over a month for the Times to get its first letter complaining about the service.
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In one Australia town, it’s too hot even to pump gasoline
... While others are in danger of being burned to the ground.
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These orcas are trapped in ice and need your help
Unless you're an X-Man, preferably Cyclops, your best bet to help them is to nag the Canadian government to dispatch some assistance tout de suite.
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Va. governor: Tax alternative fuel vehicles, not gasoline
The revenue lost will be made up by an increase in taxes on transit riders, among others.
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Measuring What Matters
Confucius once said, “We are so busy doing the urgent that we don’t have time to do the important.” I haven’t been able to get that comment out of my mind as I watch the “Fiscal Cliff” shenanigans. Our faltering economy has been a central concern for the last several years. But the focus of […]
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Drinking a lot of diet soda is linked to depression
Here's another excuse to stay the hell away from diet soda.
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Who Should Pay the Costs of Climate Disasters?
By David Morris, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Who should pay the costs of climate disasters? In light of the current debate in the United States about federal assistance to Hurricane Sandy victims and the recent debate at the recent Doha Climate Conference about international assistance for climate change victims, that has become an increasingly pressing […]
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Chocolate syrup made by, from, and for assholes
Here, we present the only food product we have ever encountered that needs to just GET OVER itself
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Virginia politician’s job isn’t to worry about Virginia’s future environment
"I can't ban something because of something that might happen 500 or 1,000 years from now," says dummy.
