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Drawbacks of the digital city: ‘Carbon Zero,’ sidebar 3
If we want technology to be a force for good, here are a few things we should keep in mind before we weave it into every element of our carbon-zero cities.
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Share and share alike: ‘Carbon Zero,’ chapter 5
In a carbon zero city, you wouldn't need to own a car -- or even a power drill. Redirecting the stuff we don't use into sharing economies can rewire consumption and save tons of carbon on the way.
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The Blue book on bikes: Everything you need to know and then some
Bike blogger/evangelist Elly Blue has written the perfect introduction to bicycling for newbies.
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Would you give just $5 to bolster Grist's defenses so we can stir more people into action?
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Bumps on the road to EV infrastructure in California
If California builds it, will drivers go electric?
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Fossil fuels beat renewables in race for state and local incentives
The New York Times has pulled together data on state and city incentives for business, and we take a closer look at the energy subsidies.
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Justice Department ditches Monsanto investigation
After almost three years of digging into Monsanto's potentially anticompetitive practices, the feds aren't saying why they're walking away.
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The next big U.N. climate report will not include the massive effects of permafrost melt
The IPCC's upcoming report will ignore the feedback loop of melting permafrost, which prompts Climate Progress' Joe Romm to have a justifiable conniption.
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Traffic signals for cyclists pop up nationwide
Traffic lights specifically designed for bike-riders provide a little more time to pedal through big, complex intersections.
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An Ethiopian zoo has lions unlike any others on earth
Zookeepers were convinced that these lions were really something special. And it turns out, they were right.
