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Oh, cool, another big storm headed for the East Coast
The storm-battered Northeast is bracing for a strong Nor’easter. The flooding won't be as bad as during Sandy, but that's not much consolation.
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New York struggles to clean up — and to figure out how to prevent another disaster like Sandy
Ravaged shorelines and crippled infrastructure have forced New Yorkers to start thinking about their vulnerability to future storms.
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Artist wants to replace L.A.’s billboards with elevated bamboo forests
It's a pretty idea; just check out the mock-up.
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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.
