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Peace in a pod: How tiny apartments could reshape the big city
Microhousing promises the kind of density essential for building sustainable cities -- but it doesn't always go over smoothly with the neighbors.
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Public transit use is up — again!
For the seventh consecutive quarter, millions more Americans rode trains, subways, and buses.
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From bike shares to urban farms, Philadelphia is on the rise
And a new office of urban innovation could spur even more eco-futurism in the City of Brotherly Love.
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David Roberts talks renewable energy on MSNBC’s ‘Up With Chris Hayes’
Here's the second part of my appearance on Chris Hayes' show, including a pitch for viewers to give Grist a billion dollars.
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David Roberts talks fracking on MSNBC’s ‘Up With Chris Hayes’
It's not often a cable TV show hosts a smart, in-depth discussion of energy issues. David Roberts takes part in that rare episode on a recent "Up With Chris Hayes."
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King tides give California coast a taste of warmer, wetter future
It's just natural gravity at work this time, but soon the waters could be this high all the dang time.
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People aren’t connecting extreme weather to climate change — at least, not on Google
Google's annual report on top searches prompted us to check out who looked for info on Hurricane Sandy, drought, and global warming.
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You can now donate to the homeless through a parking meter
People who don't like giving to panhandlers will now be able to give change to the homeless through the more official channel of an old parking meter.
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Forecast for the Northeast by 2070: Much warmer, much rainier winters
Winters in the Northeastern U.S. will have less snow and more rain in the future. As a native, I find this heartbreaking.
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Geoengineering expert: Tinkering with climate is tempting, also ‘kind of insane’
Re-engineering the climate is often dismissed as quackery, but will desperation and runaway warming drive us to it? Granger Morgan thinks it might.
