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People-focused places and fairer cities: ‘Carbon Zero,’ sidebar 2
People-focused density provides a disproportionate benefit for low-income people. In fact, good city design can be part of what gets people out of poverty. Compact development means increasing the supply of housing. Even if the new homes are being built in an area not affordable to those with low incomes, the increased housing supply helps […]
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Umbra’s second helpings: How to be a countertop composter [VIDEO]
Live in a tiny apartment? You can still compost. Umbra breaks it down.
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Your couch is poisoning you
A new study has found that the vast majority of our sofas are full of carcinogens and neurotoxins.
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Toxic toys may be poisoning our best friends
A new study suggests BPA and phthalates in plastic chew toys are leaching into our pet dogs.
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Go, go, gadget Grist: Help us stay on the cutting edge
Can you imagine Austin Powers without his Shaguar? Or Maxwell Smart without the shoe phone? Grist can't go far without the right tech tools, either.
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Fracking threatens farms and food safety
Cows near natural-gas fracking sites are getting sick and dying. Food or fuel -- which kind of independence is most important to us?
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Polar ice sheets are melting three times faster than during the ’90s
As a result, sea levels have gone up 11 millimeters from ice melt alone.
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Americans on pace to spend a record amount of money on gas this year
And to generate a hell of a lot of CO2 while we're at it.
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Joe Biden doesn’t need tires, and neither do you, America
Avuncular veep Joe Biden hits up a Costco to buy children's books and pie but no car tires. Why? Because Joe knows driving is for losers.
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The amazing frogfish is a master of disguise
For the frogfish, every day is Halloween. They're going as a sexy sponge! Or a sexy algae-covered rock.
