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Paris plans to ban cars from its city center
To fight smog, the city's badass mayor wants to outlaw unnecessary traffic, ban all diesel cars, and double the number of bike lanes.
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A million trees grow in Brooklyn
Well, Brooklyn and the other four bouroughs -- thanks to a 10-year campaign to green up the city's parks and streets.
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Here’s what your city will look like when the ice sheets melt
Greenland and Antarctica won't melt in our lifetimes, but these maps give us a glimpse of what our descendants are in for.
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After Ferguson, we must ask: Who owns the streets?
The crime that sparked the deadly encounter between Ferguson Mo., police officer Darren Wilson and 18-year-old Michael Brown? Jaywalking.
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![A man holds a sign outside the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, November 24, 2014.]()
![A man holds a sign outside the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, November 24, 2014.]()
Asking for peace and ignoring history in Ferguson
Asking Michael Brown's family, and the people of Ferguson, to remain calm after a grand jury failed to indict police officer Darren Wilson, was more than shameful. It was criminal.
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Alabama wants to use Gulf restoration funds to build a $60 million beachfront hotel
The hotel was destroyed six years before the BP oil spill but could get millions in restoration funds anyway.
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Are your urban veggies really toxic?
A recent Cornell study found alarming levels of lead in NYC-grown vegetables. Should we be freaked?
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The Daily Show skewers Detroit over water shut-offs
The show's Jessica Williams cracks wise about ball washers as the city's water department continues shutting off accounts.
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Watch out, NYC, your backyard carrots might be pumped full of lead
The study found five out of seven garden plots had unsafe levels of toxic metals in the soil. Gulp.
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This Southside Chicago neighborhood is about to become a national park
The neighborhood is a far cry from Yellowstone or Yosemite, but it is significant for other reasons.
