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‘Hope’ and ‘pray’: New York subway’s defense against Sandy
"Hope" and "pray" Sandy doesn't flood the New York subway and its antiquated water pumps.
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One of the most polluted bodies of water in New York is flooding
Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal is already overflowing.
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Pretty much everyone evacuating Lower Manhattan lives on land we created
Writer Don Rogerson has noticed something interesting about Zone A in Lower Manhattan, an area that's been evacuated.
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Important public service announcement from coastal Delaware
An important announcement from journalist Brian Stelter, live-tweeting from the Delaware coast as Hurricane Sandy approaches.
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If New York’s carbon emissions were solid, they’d bury the Empire State Building within a day
In this visualization, each blue ball, 33 feet across, represents the metric ton of carbon dioxide gas released by the city every 0.58 seconds.
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Romney might be willing to consider supporting wind, now that Iowa is close
Mitt Romney has rarely met an issue he's not willing to jettison in the face of political opposition.
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The ultimate guilt-free diet: Hunting invasive species
Author and hunter Jackson Landers talks about how a steady diet of unwanted plants and animals can help solve some of today's most pressing environmental dilemmas.
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You think Sandy’s bad? Saturn had a storm that was bigger than Earth
The Great White Spot was as tall as North America and long enough to wrap several times around the Earth, and it raised the temperature in one part of the atmosphere by more than 150 degrees.
