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Raise $500 in donations, and you can race a canoe through water filled with mercury and gonorrhea
Get out your regatta flags and your best boating cap -- this June 15, the Gowanus Dredgers will take on the Red Hook Boaters in the first Gowanus Challenge.
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Other countries can’t get enough of U.S. sperm
We're over here trying to reduce population growth, and meanwhile the whole world is importing American sperm.
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Mainstream green is still too white
In Obama's first term, big environmental groups poured resources into congressional lobbying and corporate connections rather than environmental justice.
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Americans want more renewable energy and more climate-change prep
New polls show widespread support for ramping up clean energy and preparing for sea-level rise and harsher storms.
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If you want to go faster on your bike, grow a mullet
It's the most aerodynamic hairstyle -- business in the front, EXTREME UNSTOPPABLE SPEED in the rear.
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Whole Foods will grow rooftop greens in a Superfund site
While we might be a little leery of both Whole Foods and veggies grown in areas long contaminated with industrial toxins, we're willing to give these a try.
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If we have to build parking garages, we might as well use them for yoga and weddings
This garage treats parking as a luxury. But parking is a luxury, which we're irrationally subsidizing.
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Climate change is slowing down our marathon times
The problem: We don't run so well in the heat.
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Science proves definitively that sea lions can headbang to music
A sea lion named Ronan is the first nonhuman mammal to have the proven ability to keep a beat.
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Sandy refugees set to be booted from NYC hotels
Hundreds of families are poised to lose their temporary housing as New York City looks to wind down a hotel-placement program.
