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Bike-shares save lives
A new study has found that Barcelona's bike-share program, Bicing, prevents 12 deaths per year. That may not sound like much in a city of 1.6 million, but it sure seems like a big deal if you're one of the 12.
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Critical List: The Navy and USDA invest in biofuels; Norway's big oil find
The Navy, USDA, and Energy Department are investing in biofuels that come from plants we don't eat.
As Shell fought an oil leak in the North Sea, Norway's biggest oil company announced it had found a huge oil field there. Oh awesome, nothing can go wrong with this!
Shell's also helping Iraq to double its capacity to produce natural gas.
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Mark Ruffalo wants you to fight the tar sands
Actor Mark Ruffalo explains why you should join him and thousands of others in protesting the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 20.
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Peebottle Farms: Back to the land in Brooklyn
Welcome to my Bedford-Stuyvesant urban farm.
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Rick Perry wants to frack Iowa
At an Iowa campaign stop, Rick Perry told voters that he's not aware of any instances when fracking contaminated groundwater.
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Baby steps: USDA tiptoes toward fighting animal cruelty
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service takes an important step to crack down on livestock abuse. But there's still more work to be done.
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Perry reveals plan for total anarchy: 'a moratorium on regulations'
The Texas governor and presidential candidate says regulations kill jobs. He forgets that they also save lives, and save the U.S. from descending into complete lawlessness.
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Mountaintop-removal mining is unpopular even in coal country
A strong majority of Appalachians oppose mountaintop-removal coal mining -- 57 percent -- according to a new poll conducted in the region.
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I'll be seeing you
It's my last day as cities editor at Grist, but I hate to say goodbye.
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Biodegradable urn helps you push up daisies
Now you can say, "I'll go green over my dead body!" and not have to worry about people thinking you've lost it. Designer Martin Azua's Bios Urn pries eco-friendliness from your cold dead hands, by using cremains to help nourish a tree seed. The urn is made from cellulose, coconut fiber, and peat, and it already contains […]
