HUMANS CONNECT AROUND RARE ECL...

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[Translate] By Andrew C. Revkin NYTIMESDOT Sunday’s rare “Super Blood Moon” eclipse as seen from Marin County,...

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CARLO RATTI DISCUSSES SMART CI...

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CARLO RATTI DISCUSSES SMART CITIES AND THE CONVERGENCE OF OUR DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL WORLDS

[Translate] Network Society Interview:   FUTURISM Carlo Ratti is the Director of the MIT Senseable City Lab and Founding Partner of...

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OOPS! WE DESTROYED AFFORDABLE ...

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OOPS! WE DESTROYED AFFORDABLE MARKET-RATE HOUSING. OUR BAD.

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Architecture This site has long followed Seattle’s ongoing micro-apartment saga. Here’s a...

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HERE’S WHY THE TRANS-PAC...

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HERE’S WHY THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS JUST PLAIN WRONG

[Translate] By Robert Reich  TRUTHDIG     A protest against the proposed TPP trade agreement and NAFTA Agreement in Toronto, Canada....

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TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP TRAD...

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TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP TRADE DEAL IS REACHED!!!

[Translate]   By JACKIE CALMES NYTIMES World Leaders React to Trade Agreement The United States trade representative, Michael...

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SOLAR CITY CREATES THE WORLD&#...

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SOLAR CITY CREATES THE WORLD’S MOST EFFICIENT SOLAR PANEL

[Translate] FUTURISM The company just announced that their newest solar panels have reached 22% module-level efficiency. The...

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THIS INTERACTIVE MAP SHOWS THE...

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THIS INTERACTIVE MAP SHOWS THE TOXIC SITES NEAR YOU

[Translate] Thaddeus Rombauer By Katie Herzog GRIST Despite the jaunty name, Superfund sites are not actually super fun. In fact,...

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TAR SANDS OIL MINING HAS NOW C...

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TAR SANDS OIL MINING HAS NOW COME TO THE U.S.

[Translate] Shutterstock By Bobby Magill   GRIST Cross-posted from Climate Central The Canadian tar sands, or oil sands, are much...

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HOT SPOTS AND THE THREAT OF WA...

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[Translate] BY FOSTER GAMBLE – THRIVE MOVEMENT   Foster: I think you probably noticed already that an in-depth discussion...

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GODZILLA NINO AND THE BLOB: HO...

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GODZILLA NINO AND THE BLOB: HOW WEATHER CYCLES AND OCEAN TEMPERATURES MASK GLOBAL WARMING

[Translate]   By Bruce Melton, Truthout | News Analysis (Image: Lauren Walker / Truthout) With our planet’s temperature...

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Bill Maher: In order to be bot...

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[Translate] by Egberto Willies DAILY KOS “They talk about the Pope like he’s gone rogue,” Bill Maher said....

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VIDEO: RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES IN S...

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[Translate]   President Obama commented Friday that Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria is driving moderate opposition...

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TRUTHDIGGER OF THE WEEK: GLENN...

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TRUTHDIGGER OF THE WEEK: GLENN GREENWALD

[Translate] TRUTHDIG BY NATASHA HAKIMI   Worse, this State Department definition explicitly equates certain forms of criticism...

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Monsanto’s Migraine: Big...

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Monsanto’s Migraine: Big Fiascoes Facing the World’s Biggest Seed Company

[Translate]   Environment The problems are piling up at the company’s front door. By Reynard Loki / AlterNet Photo Credit:...

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A NEW WAY TO TACKLE GUN DEATHS

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A NEW WAY TO TACKLE GUN DEATHS

[Translate] Photo Students of Umpqua Community College attended a vigil after the shooting in Roseburg, Ore., on Thursday. Credit...

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CAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS SOLV...

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CAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS SOLVE BALTIMORE’S HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM?

[Translate]   Vast numbers of Baltimore’s buildings are uninhabited. Could a new model of ownership put them in the hands of...

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OCTOBER 2, 2002: SNIPER ATTACK...

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OCTOBER 2, 2002: SNIPER ATTACKS BEGIN AROUND THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA

[Translate] “As we ride out the heightened troubles of these times, as our domestic fears become conflated with international terror,...

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HOW TO END THE CIVIL WAR IN SY...

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HOW TO END THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA

[Translate] It won’t be easy, but there are concrete measures we can take right now to relieve the agony. By the Editors  THE NATION...

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BEIJING DESIGN WEEK – FU...

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BEIJING DESIGN WEEK – FUTURE OF HUTONG

[Translate] DESIGNBOOM during beijing design week 2015, designers, architects and innovators from across the world have come together...

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THE SITUATION FACING LOS ANGEL...

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THE SITUATION FACING LOS ANGELES AND PORTLAND HOMELESS POPULATIONS IS AN EMERGENCY

[Translate] by Bryce Covert THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong A homeless woman in downtown Los Angeles   Last week, two...

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S ACT...

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S ACTIVITIES ARE COMPLETELY LEGAL, AND REPUBLICANS ARE PROVING IT

[Translate] by Tara Culp-Ressler THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Planned Parenthood Federation of America President...

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THE SOUTHEAST IS SET TO BE HIT...

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THE SOUTHEAST IS SET TO BE HIT BY POTENTIALLY HISTORIC RAINFALL

[Translate] by Katie ValentineCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: NOAA via AP This satellite image taken Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 at 12:45 p.m. EDT,...

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VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS ADMIT THE...

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VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS ADMIT THEY RIGGED THE STAGE’S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TO ELECT GOP LAWMAKERS

[Translate] by Ian MillhiserTHINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown   Virginia is one of the most...

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ALABAMA JUST MADE IT EVEN HARD...

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ALABAMA JUST MADE IT EVEN HARDER FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO VOTE

[Translate] Political MoJo —By Pema Levy  MOTHER JONES Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call via AP In Alabama, you need a driver’s...

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OBAMA SQUANDERS OPPORTUNITY TO...

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OBAMA SQUANDERS OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP SMOG AND FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

[Translate] Reuters / Mike Blake By Ben Adler   GRIST Like liberals who are struggling to accept that Pope Francis met with America’s...

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THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AND ...

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THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AND IT’S ALMOST A SECRET

[Translate] Nicholas Kristof   NYTIMES   We journalists are a bit like vultures, feasting on war, scandal and disaster. Turn on...

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EPA RULE AIMS TO CURB TOXIC CO...

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EPA RULE AIMS TO CURB TOXIC COAL PLANT POLLUTION IN WATERWAYS

[Translate] by Katie Valentine THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Matthew Brown This June 17, 2011 photo shows PPL Montana’s J.E....

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE ...

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS–SEPT. 16 – 30

[Translate] THE DIRT   by J.R. Taylor Sunday Conversation with Shane Coen, Landscape Architect – The Star Tribune, 9/19/15...

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GOVERNMENT STAYS OPEN; THE FOL...

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[Translate] AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Robert Borosage It has come to this. In the last hours before a government shutdown, the...

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KISSINGER POISONED THE MIDDLE ...

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KISSINGER POISONED THE MIDDLE EAST: AMERICA IS LIVING IN A QUAGMIRE OF HIS MAKING

[Translate] W made matters worse, but the region’s radicalization can all be traced to our steady support of the Shah of Shahs...

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