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Train of thoughtlessness: Proposed rail line puts NOLA neighborhood on the wrong track
Locals are railing against a proposal that would move train tracks away from a well-heeled suburban neighborhood and into a poor urban one.
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How much power do cities really have to combat climate change?
A new report looks at how much power cities have over climate change adaptation and CO2 emissions.
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20, it’s a blessing: Celebrating two decades of environmental justice
In 1994, President Clinton signed Executive Order 12898, a landmark in protecting communities of color from industrial pollution. For those living in the dirty streets, it was long overdue.
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Zipcar for mopeds is taking over San Francisco
Resistence is futile. Electric scooter rental company Scoot is flourishing.
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Dreading water: Should coastal communities bear the cost of future floods?
Coastal residents are irate about rising flood insurance premiums. But the next time the sea crushes the coast, the taxpayers may not be able to pick up the bill.
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Against all odds, this journalist managed to bike around Las Vegas
They tried to get him to use a motorized scooter instead, but he persevered.
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Rob Ford got busted for … jaywalking
“We can’t bust you for smoking crack or being obnoxious,” the cops’ reasoning seems to be, “but you didn’t wait for the ‘walk’ signal, so WE GOT YOU!”
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Giant solar-powered traffic-directing robot strikes fear into rude drivers’ hearts
But does it eat donuts?!
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What kind of a U.N. envoy will Mike Bloomberg be?
New York's ex-mayor will travel the globe as U.N. special envoy on cities and climate change. Can a billionaire credibly address global inequality?
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Christie administration stiffed blacks and Latinos on Sandy relief money
New data shows that African Americans were more than twice as likely as whites to be rejected, while Latinos were rejected at 50 percent higher rates.
