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![People wearing masks walk along The Bund on December 8, 2013 in Shanghai, China.]()
![People wearing masks walk along The Bund on December 8, 2013 in Shanghai, China.]()
China’s plan to reduce smog in cities may have increased pollution overall
A new study looks at the unintended harm the plan did to poorer regions.
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Why do cities keep building all this new stuff for cars?
Cars are this symbol of freedom, but they actually need a huge amount of help in the form of infrastructure.
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What is your town’s risk of wildfire? New media tool lets you see for yourself
It's part of a media collaboration that looks at how California communities are reckoning with the risk of becoming the next "Paradise."
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Katrina, the BP spill, now Houston: This consulting firm keeps coming under fire
The Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health is no stranger to controversy.
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![Aerial shot approaching the Ravenswood Generating Station in New York.]()
![Aerial shot approaching the Ravenswood Generating Station in New York.]()
‘Monumental step backwards’: The $1 billion gas pipeline project dividing New York
Environmental groups oppose the underwater pipeline that would bring fracked gas from Pennsylvania to New York.
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Why Toledo just gave legal rights to Lake Erie
In a special election this week, voters supported a controversial ballot measure giving Lake Erie the right to “exist, flourish, and naturally evolve.”
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![A damp view of Atlantic City's boardwalk.]()
![A damp view of Atlantic City's boardwalk.]()
Atlantic City can’t afford to roll the dice on sea-level rise
With more frequent floods, many East Coast cities are looking at becoming the next Atlantis.
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![Six recycle bins overflowing with cardboard.]()
![Six recycle bins overflowing with cardboard.]()
‘Moment of reckoning:’ U.S. cities burn recyclables after China bans imports
Residents of cities like Chester, outside Philadelphia, fear a rise in pollution from incinerators after China’s recycling ban.
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![Thousands of youth strikers gather in Parliament Square in central London to protest the government's lack of action on climate change.]()
![Thousands of youth strikers gather in Parliament Square in central London to protest the government's lack of action on climate change.]()
Youth-led climate protests sweep across Europe
European students are too cool for school -- and they know the planet is too hot for inaction.
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The Green New Deal is already at work in one Portland neighborhood
How one community is building a green workforce to combat climate change.
