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New Portland grocery store has more parking for bikes than cars
A grocery store in Portland, Ore., is opening a new store that features more bike spots than parking spaces.
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Phone book litter banned in Seattle, nation's first opt-out city
Phone book litter has been banned in Seattle. That means no more bulky yellow books in plastic bags on doorsteps, unless residents opt in.
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Plastic bag bans sweep cities across nation
Cities in states across the union (including Texas) are enacting plastic bag bans. Only the "Save the Plastic Bag Coalition" stands in the way.
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Bike trail being paved with asphalt made from plants instead of oil
Chris Williams of Iowa U. has cooked up a bio-oil from plants that can replace the asphalt glue that holds our pavement together -- Bioasphalt.