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Farming the urban sea
In Long Island Sound, just outside New York City, new aquaculture projects promise to clean the water while raising low-input sustainable seafood in vertical underwater gardens.
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Is your jack-o’-lantern too interesting? Try these stencils from the Department of Energy
The Department of Energy has templates for a bumper crop of fun, hilarious jack-o'-lanterns: solar panels, wind turbines, and CFL bulbs.
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London wants its own High Line, but underground and with more fungus
The winner of London's search for a High Line analogue is a tunnel full of mushrooms.
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Make your clothes more delicious with buttons made of recycled food
British designer Hoyan Ip wants you to trim your clothes with food-based embellishments that look like a Fruit Roll-Up someone already ate.
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Amazon starts up site for green products, does not claim it will solve the world’s problems
When we're going to buy stuff, we want it to be as planet- and human-friendly as possible. But we don't want to be told to pat ourselves on the back just because we bought something made from bamboo.
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Powerful New Series Reveals the True Cost of Coal
The first time I watched this is powerful new video, it stopped me in my tracks. It’s the debut video for our latest project, a photo series from Sierra magazine called “The Cost of Coal.” I think you’ll agree — the stories and images of these families who are facing the loss of their homes, […]
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Insurer: Hey, these climate-related disasters are getting expensive
Apparently the best way to get people to care about the changing climate is to make it cost them money.
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CEO of Lockheed Martin clear-cuts protected trees, pays staggering $1,000 fine
We're sure he's learned his lesson.
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Meet New York Aquarium’s adorable new rescued baby walrus
Baby walrus Mitik is moving to New York, where he'll fit right in, because he has a mustache and likes to head-butt things.
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Fracking oversight: With regulators hobbled, good samaritans step in
This is one instance in which outsourcing to the private sector isn't appreciated by conservatives.
