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Fancy New York hotels commit to going green
The Waldorf Astoria is among the hotels committed to reducing CO2 emissions by 30 percent.
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This year in forgotten obituaries: Climate deniers, hoverboards, and American empathy
2015 was a year for fallen heroes. We reanimate them.
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Our best damn posts of the year (according to the people who wrote them)
Settle in for some of our favorite longreads of the year.
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This simulation shows how much space junk is orbiting Earth
More than 20,000 pieces of trash have accumulated around this Pale Blue Dot over the past half-century.
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California gas leak called the biggest disaster since BP
Natural gas has been spewing into an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood since October.
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This map shows where wild bees are in decline
Spoiler alert: It happens to be where we need them most.
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Asthma rates are starting to fall — just not for the poorest kids
Racial and socioeconomic disparities that plague the distribution of childhood asthma are thriving.
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Here’s the good news about Earth from this year
These are the top stories from 2015 that actually give us hope for the future.
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Is Amazon entering yet another market?
The mega-retailer could be getting into the cargo market to compete with UPS and FedEx.
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BP oil spill money to go to Alabama governor’s mansion and a new hotel
The mansion was destroyed decades before the BP oil spill.
