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This water lawsuit could be huge and it’s happening in … Iowa?
A utility in Iowa is suing neighboring farming counties over fertilizer runoff that ends up in the drinking water.
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Even Detroit is hatin’ on freeways now
The Motor City is seriously considering tearing down a highway, I-375. Some city bigwigs want to blow up a second one, too.
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![Protesters march next to One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan in New York City as thousands of demonstrators take to the streets demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner, December 4, 2014.]()
![Protesters march next to One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan in New York City as thousands of demonstrators take to the streets demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner, December 4, 2014.]()
Lessons from 2014: If you care about green cities, you must care about justice too
Cities may hold the solutions to our global climate crisis -- but only if we address deep-seated inequities.
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These fantastic maps showed us different worlds in 2014
From rising sea levels and acidifying oceans to rural roads and dollar buses, these exercises in eco-cartography will open your eyes.
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Violent cops suffocate the street life they claim to protect
Police unions have blamed protesters for sparking violence against cops. Clearly, they've missed the point.
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Could flooding finally wake Americans up to the climate crisis?
Several big U.S. cities could be seeing 30 days of flooding a year by 2020, a new study says.
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This doomed Alaskan village shows just how unprepared we are for climate change
Disappearing beaches, erosion, and buildings toppling into the sea are just a few problems citizens of Shishmaref, Alaska, are dealing with due to climate change.
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Behold the nightmare Manhattan would become if everyone commuted by car
Without public transit, New York would have to build nearly 50 multi-lane bridges to accommodate its commuters. Yikes.
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Michigan thinks burning tires counts as renewable energy
A Michigan bill aims to classify fuel made by burning tires and hazardous industrial waste as renewable energy, but environmentalists say that's setting a dangerous precedent.
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Sea swallows the last house in doomed Virginia beach town
In the 1950s, developers pitched Cedar Island, Va., as the next great East Coast beach resort. That dream is now completely gone.
