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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.
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Carbon causes extreme weather; in other news: Smoking causes cancer
We have no problem saying "smoking causes cancer." It's time to start being just as frank when talking about carbon pollution's negative effects.
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Friday music blogging: Hacienda
Hacienda is a quartet out of San Antonio, Texas. They’ve been putting out albums since 2008, getting a reputation for great live shows. Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys heard one of their early demos and has been a big backer from early on. Auerbach produced the band’s latest, Shakedown, and it’s a doozy. It’s […]
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The U.S. is the most environmentally sustainable country in the world, except all the others
The annual Greendex places the U.S. in dead-last in sustainability and near dead-last in giving a shit about it.
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Hazing gone amok: How the EPA is trying to clear up our national parks
The EPA's recent proposal to limit soot could make our cities less hazy. But what about our parks?
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Apple caves, adds products back into environmental registry
Oddly, the speculated changes to the new MacBook Pro didn't keep the new design from receiving a "gold" rating.
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Heat waves lead to a rise at nudist resorts
This article is so barely even news and so obviously our attempt to get you to click that you just know there's something good inside.
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Widowed farmer creates love note to his wife out of thousands of oak trees
If this is not the sweetest damn tribute you ever saw, then screw you.
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Global cleantech investment picks itself up off the floor
After a bruising first quarter of 2012, investment globally climbs -- thanks in large part to a spike in China.