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Oil-rig wasteland: How the election looks from 37,000 feet
What's at stake in this election? Nothing that isn't laid bare on a flight over the West's booming, and devastated, gas fields.
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NYC’s urban farms face a climate reality check
For New York's urban farms, Hurricane Sandy was more than a discouraging blow -- it was a reason to reevaluate what it means to grow food in a city limited by the realities of climate change.
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These beautiful, sobering murals are made entirely out of sugar
A Canadian artist uses sugar to make art depicting the slave trade and its relationship to the sugar industry in the Americas. Pretty sweet.
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker is checking on people’s families, hosting sleepovers, and generally being amazing
In the aftermath of Sandy, Newark Mayor Cory Booker is dispensing supplies, offering supportive words, and even letting folks crash at his house. Meet your new political crush.
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Dumpster-diving New Yorkers are not a sign of the apocalypse
"A heartbreaking scene" or a triumph in trash? Hungry New Yorkers are finding delicious food in city dumpsters.
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Subtle sea-level rise is exactly what climate change looks like
The oceans may be rising faster than we expected.
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Malaysia is planning an eco-city as big as Luxembourg
If this thing gets built, Grist HQ will have to relocate there on principle.
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The sound of silence: Why Bloomberg had to endorse Obama
With the bustling streets of Manhattan eerily quiet, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg knew what he had to do.
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Sandy hits poor hardest of all
Hurricane Sandy hit low-income and working-class communities the hardest. Beachfront property is not just for the rich.
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Michael Bloomberg: The consequences of making a mistake on climate change are severe
New York's mayor outlines why he thinks climate action is important in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
