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This rusty steelworks is about to become a kaleworks
A Newark factory will become a gigantic indoor farm in the latest large-scale effort to test the concept of vertical agriculture.
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All oil is bad, but some is worse. Here’s the difference.
There’s at least an 80 percent difference in CO2 emissions between the dirtiest tar-sands oil and the least-dirty non-tar-sands variety.
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We’re finding out what’s in fracking wastewater, and it ain’t pretty
Thanks to a disclosure law in California, we now know that frackers are polluting water with petroleum chemicals, heavy metals, radioactive elements, and carcinogens.
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Geoengineering won’t help people who are stuck with dirty air
Re-engineering the climate might slow warming, but it does nothing for communities on the ground, says Simon Nicholson of American University.
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This amazing interactive map is actually saving trees
This is how you use the creepy power of the internet to do some real good.
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Bribing bloggers with free solar panels is apparently a thing now
A marketing consultant tried to get me to write a column about solar startup in exchange for a panel. It didn't work.
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This co-op bike shop will teach you to fix your own damn bike (and that matters)
The bike kitchen movement greases the gears of the real sharing economy.
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The South Bronx isn’t falling for Fresh Direct’s dirty trucks
The company wants to bring 1,000 new trucks to the neighborhood, which is already home to high asthma rates and heavy industry.
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Google’s plan to prioritize facts ticks off climate deniers
The search giant is considering a new system that would rank sites by trustworthiness. One prominent denier is already crying “censorship.”
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Uber wants to empower women using … Uber
Uber is partnering with U.N. Women to make more jobs for women drivers. Here's why we're skeptical.
