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Critical List: Shipping industry objects to E.U. emissions scheme; when horses act like squirrels
Like the airline industry, the shipping industry objects to the E.U.'s decisions to include it in a emissions trading system.
Will the federal government be spending less on disaster response in the future? Somehow “let ‘em drown” doesn’t seem like the best possible debt reduction plan.
Australia's carbon tax, which was so hotly disputed that people were sending climate scientists death threats, would apply to just 400 of the country's top polluters.
Hydro turbines are going into the Puget Sound by late summer 2013. -
No vacancy: Empty lots are full of promise
Vacant lots are the scourge of cities around the world, but they offer acres of unfulfilled potential for urban renewal.
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Heat cycles: how D.C. cyclists rode out the hottest July on record [VIDEO]
Cyclists in Washington, D.C. talk about how to keep a heat wave from breaking your bike-commuting habit.
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Coolest bike commute ever
I can't see this type of ad flying in the U.S., where there's already some perception of bicyclists as scofflaws. But in the Netherlands, bike commuting is so commonplace that the Dutch Cycling Association can shake up its image with a super-hot besuited dude doing BMX stunts.
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New survey shows Americans think they are great drivers. But …
The majority of Americans consider themselves to be good drivers, according to a new Allstate survey. The rest of the survey reveals a different story
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Mississippi cyclist hit twice by driver: Where is the accountability?
The case of Jan Morgan shows how far we have to go when it comes to protecting vulnerable road users.
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Swedish mining company could move an entire town to get at valuable iron ore
The town of Kiruna, Sweden, is very cold, very close to that awesome ice hotel, and very much on top of a valuable lode of iron ore. The Swedish state-owned mining company, LKAB, wants to get at the ore by fracturing that portion of the ground, which wouldn't be so great for the people who live on it. Solution: Make the people live somewhere else. A large portion of the city is being entirely relocated so that mining companies can get in underneath.
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Mayor of Vilnius takes out Mercedes parked in bike lane — with a tank [VIDEO]
Artūras Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, makes his point crushingly clear: Bike lanes are for bikes, not luxury vehicles.
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New site shows how far public transportation will take you
Mapnificent lets you see how far you can get on public transportation in a set amont of time, in more than 60 metro areas worldwide. (Above: 15 minutes on bus and rail in Chicago.) It's a new way of visualizing how easy it is to navigate a city without a car. You can use it to check out places where you might want to live or visit, to get an idea of how far transportation will get you and how much of your day it might take up to get where you need to go.
Here's what 15 minutes looks like in a few more cities:
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Hung out to dry: Why clothesline bans are wrongheaded
Some homeowners associations ban solar drying, threatening offenders with fines and even forced expulsion for saving energy costs by hanging their wash out to dry. Help map the places with restrictions on the right to sun-dry.