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The climate change ‘tipping point’ has already arrived for these 70 U.S. counties
It’s not your imagination: your city may be getting hotter faster than the rest of the U.S.
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Can the ‘masters of the flood’ help Texas protect its coast from hurricanes?
Dutch flood-control experts are helping Texas design what would become the nation’s most ambitious (and expensive) coastal barrier.
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![The day after the Manhattanhenge on 42nd street, Manhattan, New York City.]()
![The day after the Manhattanhenge on 42nd street, Manhattan, New York City.]()
How NYC is protecting people from the deadliest disaster
New York City has set out to protect people — and the planet — from the deadliest disaster: heat.
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Uber and Lyft admit they’re terrible for traffic, finally
Ride-hailing services aren’t taking cars off the road, but a new transit experiment called Via might.
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This transit experiment is a cross between Uber and the bus
Watch us race to a local park and figured out a few pros and cons along the way.
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The Notre Dame disaster carpeted Paris with lead dust
A French environmental group is suing the city over widespread lead dust contamination released in the historic cathedral fire on April 15.
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Natural gas leaks are a much bigger problem than we thought
Major U.S. cities are leaking methane at twice the rate calculated by the EPA.
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Berkeley bans: straws, plastic bags — and now gas pipelines too
Everyone can be a "valve turner" for their own home.
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Bathtubs, paint, and couches land in Seattle’s homeless encampments. Guess who gets punished?
In Seattle, homeowners dump their garbage in homeless encampments and the city uses trash buildup as a reason to clear encampments with no notice.
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What will be left when we’re gone? Bones, plastic, and radioactive waste.
Robert Macfarlane goes underground to see how humans will be remembered.
