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Is China repeating the U.S.’s sprawl mistake?
Major Chinese cities are ringed by desolate sprawl -- and suburbanites don't even get a private house with a yard. It leads to wasted time in cars and a lot of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Africa’s first fair-trade clothing company is a huge deal
Liberty and Justice pays its garment workers a living wage and gives them a stake in the company -- and the results are amazing.
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Bay Area commits to 80 percent greenhouse gas reduction
The San Francisco Bay Area is starting to get serious about cutting climate pollution. That could be bad news for the area's refineries, and good news for the rest of us.
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People power beats corporate utility 2-to-1 in Boulder
Voters in Boulder, Colo., spurned Xcel Energy's big-money campaign and pushed toward a plan to create a publicly owned, renewably powered utility.
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Kochs and Republicans launch bid to snuff out wind-energy tax incentives
The fossil fuel industry thinks Americans have had just about enough of federal handouts for sources of energy that aren't fossil fuels.
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Crowdfunded science suggests that coal-hauling trains cause air pollution
An atmospheric scientist solicited funding online for research into pollution from coal trains, and now his preliminary results are in.
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Ballot effort to ban tar-sands oil from Maine city appears to have failed
A ballot initiative to prevent tar-sands oil from being piped through South Portland and loaded onto ships narrowly lost, according to initial poll results.
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Colorado voters tell fracking industry to frack off
Residents of the Colorado cities of Boulder, Fort Collins, and Lafayette voted Tuesday to ban or suspend fracking.
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“Our most paranoid friends were completely right”
Internet activism expert Ethan Zuckerman lays out what the Snowden/NSA revelations mean for organizers in the U.S. and abroad.
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This ridiculous luxury bike costs more than your car
This $11,200 Hermès bike was designed for "people who really want to have an easy life." No kidding.
