travel
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Summer vacation is broke. We’re fixing it.
Grist asked four Fixers for their vacation “dupes” in the summer of quarantine.
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Carnival Cruise is being fined millions (again) for massive pollution cover-up
From dirty dishwater to plastic mixed with food waste, there's been a lot of bad stuff getting dumped from Carnival Cruise ships.
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Boston’s airport is going green(ish)
Airport officials plan to cut emissions and plan for sea level rise. Good luck!
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This sea creature has a huge manatee-crush on Leonardo DiCaprio
If manatees could use emojis, this one would be all heart-eyes for Leo and his new eco-resort.
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How to find the greenest airline
Just three roundtrip cross-country or trans-Atlantic flights cause almost as much climate pollution as the average American household produces in an entire year. With that in mind, lots of fliers are concerned about the heavy carbon impact of their travel, and want to choose airlines that are at least operating as efficiently as possible. Eco-conscious […]
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Charlotte’s airport employs 1.9 million worms to compost leftover food
Charlotte has invested $1.2 million in better solutions for dealing with the food passengers throw away, including a giant vermicomposting bin. It's 50 feet long!
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Want an ethical vacation? Try sunny Latvia
Ethical Traveler put together a list of places to go where you can feel certain that your hosts are preserving their environment.
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10 forgotten natural wonders you should see before you die
If you need to flesh out your bucket list, here are 10 natural wonders that usually get left off lists of old faithfuls like the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef.
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2,500-mph train could get you from New York to London in an hour
Nature abhors a vacuum, but transit nerds and people eager to see a science fiction future LOVE IT. That’s because a vacuum is the secret ingredient for this (theoretical, but plausible) superfast train, which could speed under the ocean to get you from New York to London in one hour, or New York to Beijing […]