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A secret to sustainable development might be right before our eyes
George Washington had Mount Vernon. Thomas Jefferson had Monticello.Now President-elect Donald Trump has his eponymous Manhattan skyscraper, Trump Tower.Our first and third presidents saw their...
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Paris just made all public transportation free to decrease some of the worst...
When most people think about air pollution, they tend to imagine rapidly developing cities such as Delhi and Beijing.But urban areas in the Western world are equally having to deal with increasing...
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Environmental justice could be in jeopardy under Trump's EPA
President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 7 nominated Scott Pruitt to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.Pruitt has close ties with the fossil fuel industry and has been an ardent critic of the...
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The most incredible nature photos of 2016
When we take a moment to step back and look, the world is stunningly beautiful.There's beauty in the flashing movements of animals diving and dodging in a dance for survival, there's beauty in the sky...
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Trump's transition team wants to know who worked on Obama's climate policies
Donald Trump's transition team has asked the Energy Department for a list of people who worked on policies designed to address climate change under Barack Obama, Bloomberg reports.The transition sent a...
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In Puerto Rico, environmental injustice and racism inflames protests over...
For scholars like me who study environmental justice, it has been encouraging to see residents in Flint, Michigan and the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota organize against threats to their homes and...
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America's first offshore wind farm just launched with GE turbines twice as...
The US uses an astounding amount of energy: about 97 quadrillion BTUs, or about 18% of world's total energy consumption. And demand is only going to increase over time.The vast majority of the energy...
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Businesses need to go a step further under Trump to fight climate change
The Trump administration appears to be moving in one direction on the issue of climate change with the appointment of climate skeptic Scott Pruitt to head up the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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Here's why Vietnam is choosing coal over nuclear
Vietnam’s decision to abandon its nascent nuclear power programme and turn back to cheaper, dirtier, coal says much about where the nation thought it was headed – and about where it has ended up.The...
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Trump's pick for Secretary of State may be the administration's top climate...
Up until now, a good number of the prominent appointees to the Trump administration have been flat-out climate change deniers.So it's perhaps a bit of a surprise then that the oil company executive who...
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This man is the last resident of a remote village in Siberia
The INSIDER Summary:• Mikhail Baburin is the only resident of Mikhailovka in Siberia.• He was born there, and moved back in 2000.• He's been the last resident since 2006.• He has animals to keep him...
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This fruit is the best new meat substitute
The INSIDER Summary:• Jackfruit is native to Southeast Asia and is the world's largest tree-borne fruit.• It can be eaten raw, but when eaten cooked, it tastes just like meat.• One jackfruit is very...
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2016 was the worst year ever in the Arctic
At the end of 2016, the Arctic will have endured its hottest year on record — in a period that goes back to 1900.That's according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s annual...
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California governor: 'If Trump turns off the satellites, California will...
California Gov. Jerry Brown gave a fiery speech on climate change policy on Wednesday, during which he said, "If Trump turns off the satellites, California will launch its own damn satellite,"according...
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This beautiful photo shows the snow-covered Midwest moonlit from space
A series of snowstorms have swept across the Midwest in the past week, making a mess of roads and trailing freezing temperatures across the region.It's not much fun to trudge through, but it sure is...
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The world's busiest air route is between Seoul and an island you've probably...
What would you think was the most popular air route in the world?New York to LA? London to Paris? Beijing to Shanghai?Chances are your first guess wasn't the domestic from Seoul to Jeju, the capital of...
View ArticleThe creator of a bag that dissolves in water drank a glass of it to prove...
Kevin Kumala has created a bag from cassava starch that is 100% biodegradable and even edible.To prove that the bag is totally natural he dissolved part of it in a lukewarm glass of water and then...
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Scientists think they've found the world's oldest water — and it's at least 2...
Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known water in an ancient pool in Canada that's at least 2 billion years old.Back in 2013 they found water dating back about 1.5 billion years at the Kidd...
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The first thing Rick Perry will learn at the Energy Department
A former governor of Texas – the state that produces more crude oil, natural gas, lignite coal, wind power and refined petroleum products than any other – would seem to be a natural choice for...
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EPA investigation finds fracking threatens drinking-water supplies
Starting in 2008, ProPublica published stories that found hydraulic fracking had damaged drinking water supplies across the country.The reporting examined how fracking in some cases had dislodged...
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