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Bike mod lets you ride on train tracks, probably get hit by train
[vimeo 45269200] If you live in a city with a thriving streetcar system, chances are you live in Europe and your burg is pretty bike-friendly anyway. But you have to admit that sticking to the streetcar tracks would make it much less likely for you to be hit by a car, while simultaneously making it much […]
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This drought ain’t the Dust Bowl, but it ain’t good
The current drought is devastating agriculture, but it's not as bad as the Dust Bowl. Not that "this isn't the worst thing ever" is cause for optimism.
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Small-scale grains: Another piece of the locavore puzzle
Most small farmers can't compete with the efficiency of industrial grain production, but a growing number are now offering heritage and landrace varieties in their local areas.
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This tiny electric car folds up for easy parking
The all-electric Fold is normally eight feet long, already smaller than a SmartCar. But it folds up to a mere five feet long for parking, about the size of a shopping cart.
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Jeremy’s iron will: On-screen villain plays the good guy in anti-waste doc
In a new documentary, "Trashed," Jeremy Irons explores the toxic effects an endless worldwide buildup of waste has on our health and environment.
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Green Party’s presidential candidate says it’s time to ‘take our country back’
Boston physician Jill Stein has accepted the party’s nomination for the highest office in the land. Now, can she get anyone to pay attention?
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The Exaggerated Promise of Renewable Energy
The continued existence and expansion of human civilization is wholly dependent on affordable sources of energy. The latest study just released by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (an organization that exists to study and promote the viability of renewable energy) suggests that it may be possible to get 80% or so of our electric power […]
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Why we pay double for solar in America (but won’t forever)
The barriers to cheap solar in the U.S. can be solved by policy, not technological, innovation. It's not too ambitious to assume the price of solar will keep falling.
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D.C. unveils plans for awesome new green neighborhood
Pedestrian boulevards and museums will replace a no-man’s land of urban renewal projects gone wrong. A new park will reconnect the city to its waterfront.
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Shell celebrates new Alaska drilling by apparently losing control of a ship [updated]
The aptly-named Noble Discoverer appears to have run aground in remote Alaska, just to demonstrate Shell's sheer competence.
