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Beijing’s recurring air pollution grounds flights, puts kids in the hospital
It seems clear that the problem isn't going away any time soon.
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To save cyclists, put airbags on the outside of cars
It might not be a perfect fix, but any cyclist would be happy to hit an inflated piece of plastic rather than a piece of hot metal.
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Adorable 10-year-old entrepreneur runs a business collecting recyclables on his bike
What did you do when you learned about Earth Day in school? Make a little diorama? Vanis Buckholz started a business. When he was 7.
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The secret to the sharing economy: ‘You don’t want the drill — you want the hole’
Shareable founder Neal Gorenflo talks about crowdsourcing his life, his decision to give up his beloved surf wagon, and how sharing is reshaping the economy.
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Are you a terrible person for eating quinoa?
Read our definitive take on the non-definitive debate about the booming global quinoa market.
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Clean energy conference weathers blackout with microgrid
Waking up in my hotel room across the street from the 13th annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference Monday, I hit the light switch. Nothing. I try a few other switches and then look out at the hall to confirm it’s a blackout. But I can see out the window the lights of the Oregon State […]
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Missing the point of the cap-and-trade defeat
We already have a popular grassroots movement demanding climate action: Beyond Coal. And D.C. environmentalists could learn a lot from it.
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Waste heat from cities can heat up other parts of the planet
Cities can help solve climate change, but a new study finds that urban areas are also contributing to climate disruption in an unexpected way.
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One step forward, one step back for tar-sands protesters
Anti-tar-sands activists joined in Idle No More protests around the globe today. But Keystone blockaders in Texas suffered a big blow in court.
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Marco Rubio: ‘Changing the weather’ isn’t something government can do
But it's something that Rubio's fossil fuel backers are doing already.
