California Isn’t the Onl...

May 6, 2015 by

California Isn’t the Only State with Water Woes

[Translate] Environment Forty states will see water shortages in the next decade. By Elaine Povich / Stateline   VIA ALTERNET Photo...

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How Eating a Rural African Die...

May 6, 2015 by

How Eating a Rural African Diet Can Prevent a Very Common form of Cancer

[Translate] Personal Health Tests on subjects opting for foods rich in beans and vegetables found a drop in biological markers for...

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The New Corrupt Elite That Is ...

May 6, 2015 by

The New Corrupt Elite That Is Running Our Economy

[Translate]   Talking about old systems of power and corruption doesn’t begin to capture new realities. By Lynn Stuart...

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How One Photographer Is Protec...

May 6, 2015 by

How One Photographer Is Protecting Colorado from Fracking

[Translate] Environment Renowned nature photographer John Fielder on fracking, inspiration and “the most beautiful place on...

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What Do Seniors Need in Parks?

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What Do Seniors Need in Parks?

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Jared Green The senior population is growing. By 2050, a third of the U.S. will be 65 and older. The World...

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Seattle Layers Nature and Infr...

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Seattle Layers Nature and Infrastructure (Part 1)

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green Seattle has long been an innovator in layering built and natural infrastructure so the two more...

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11 Western Towns Say Coal Comp...

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11 Western Towns Say Coal Companies Are Cheating Taxpayers Out Of Billions

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS The old mining town of Telluride, Colo., is pictured nestled in a valley from the top...

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Scientists Discover Fracking C...

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Scientists Discover Fracking Chemicals In Pennsylvania Drinking Water

[Translate] by Emily Atkin  CLIMATE PROGRESS Fracking opponents protest before the Tom Corbett inauguration to become the 46th...

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Forested Austrian Milan Expo P...

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[Translate] <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p> 4  The pavilion occupies a small 560 square meter site.   The...

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Ikea imagines a refrigerator-f...

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Ikea imagines a refrigerator-free kitchen for 2025

[Translate] IKEA Designs the Ultra-Efficient Kitchen of the Future X by Charley Cameron, INHABITAT From bio-refrigerators that cool...

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Abandoned Uranium Mines Plague...

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Abandoned Uranium Mines Plague Navajo Nation

[Translate] Environment Mining companies left behind a legacy of poisoned wells and contaminated earth. By Sonia Luokkala / Earth...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals ho...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals how the world’s first trillionaires will make their fortunes

[Translate] “You have to innovate” VIDEO Joanna Rothkopf   SALON.COM Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals how the world’s...

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Boston’s airport is going gree...

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Boston’s airport is going green(ish)

[Translate] Shutterstock By Suzanne Jacobs GRIST Boston’s Logan International Airport has decided to go green, an ambitious task...

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Oil trains have 3 more years t...

May 5, 2015 by

Oil trains have 3 more years to explode, thanks to weak Obama rule

[Translate] Shutterstock By Luke Whelan   GRIST This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of...

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How to break the political sil...

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How to break the political silence on the environment

[Translate] Tom Burke   THE GUARDIAN To get green policies high up on the political platform where they belong, we need to show how...

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Doctors are already seeing lin...

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Doctors are already seeing links between climate change and their patients’ health

[Translate] Shutterstock By Jonathan Patz and Howard Frumkin CLIMATE PROGRESS It’s never a comfortable conversation, but it’s one...

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The U.S. Is Getting Serious Ab...

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The U.S. Is Getting Serious About Oil Train Explosions. Here’s How It Plans To Stop Them.

[Translate] by Ari Phillips  CLIMATE PROGRESS A cyclist rides by train tank cars with placards indicating petroleum crude oil...

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The EPA’s Power Plant Rule Wou...

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The EPA’s Power Plant Rule Would Prevent Thousands Of Deaths And Hospitalizations

[Translate] by Katie Valentine  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed power plant rule...

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California’s Drought Could Upe...

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California’s Drought Could Upend America’s Entire Food System

[Translate] AP by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS On April 1, California Governor Jerry Brown stood in a field in the Sierra Nevada...

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Biber Architects exhibit incre...

May 4, 2015 by

Biber Architects exhibit incredible 7200-square-foot vertical farm at Milan expo

[Translate] INHABITAT <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p> Photo by Mike Chino for Inhabitat 15  As the world’s...

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Anti-Expo protests in Milan er...

May 4, 2015 by

Anti-Expo protests in Milan erupt in violence, clashes with riot police

[Translate] by Charley Cameron,  INHABITAT   The May 1 opening of the Milan Expo 2015 architectural show has been marred by...

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Do Urban Growth Boundaries Wor...

May 4, 2015 by

Do Urban Growth Boundaries Work?

[Translate]   THE DIRT by Jared Green Urban growth boundaries are held up as one of the most effective tools for limiting...

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Simple Green Policies You Can ...

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[Translate] In order to make their offices more Earth-friendly, many business owners are embracing a variety of green policies....

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The Trade Deal and U.S. Securi...

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[Translate] CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE Robert Borosage “Patriotism,” as Samuel Johnson warned, “is the last refuge for a...

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13 Uses for WD-40 You Probably...

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13 Uses for WD-40 You Probably Didn’t Know About

[Translate] WD-40 is best known for de-squeaking doors, smelling a little funny and taking up space on that shelf next to your...

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The Tide Has Turned in Battle ...

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The Tide Has Turned in Battle to Keep Fracking Out of Florida

[Translate] Environment Bogus fracking regulation bills were killed as a new anti-fracking movement is born. By Kim Ross / EcoWatch ...

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Esther the Wonder Pig is wondr...

May 4, 2015 by

Esther the Wonder Pig is wondrous indeed — but so are all pigs

[Translate] SALON.COM During 10 years as a pig farmer I came to know pigs as well as I know my own dog. That’s why I quit Bob...

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The Real Meaning of Inclusive ...

May 4, 2015 by

The Real Meaning of Inclusive Design

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine Q&A: Jeremy Myerson on the Real Meaning of Inclusive Design The director of the Helen Hamlyn...

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Futuristic Transport

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Futuristic Transport

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine A striking silhouette against the Southern California landscape, the Anaheim Regional Transportation...

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Farmers are watering your food...

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[Translate] Shutterstock By Nathanael Johnson GRIST A story in the Los Angeles Times raises disturbing questions about the practice...

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