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Inside the Indian Building Hillary Clinton Calls a Green Taj Mahal
Once the Largest LEED Platinum Rated Office Building After landing in the Indian capital of New Delhi yesterday, Hillary Clinton skipped the Taj Mahal, the India Gate, and even the hotel to drive straight to what she called "a monument to the future":
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Can New Bosses Put New York's Subways Back on Track?
New Chief, New Management System In the same week that New York City's MTA, the beleaguered, budget-crunched manager of the world's biggest mass transit network, gets its report card from the city's rider's advocacy group, it also got a London transit
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To Fight Street Gangs, Los Angeles Just Adds Light
Michal Czerwonka Public Space as Alternative to Law Enforcement At night, urban parks can become hives for gang activity and violence. A program in Los Angeles, the American gang capital, seeks to combat that phenomenon simply by keeping the lights on
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Italy's Trash Robot is a Real-Life Wall-E
In the computer generated waste land of Wall-E, a garbage-collecting robot is the last survivor on Earth, hoarding quaint treasures from the trash in a dogged attempt to find some slice of happiness amidst the ecological devastation left behind by
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Chinese History Museum Literally Recycled From History
But in a nod to local building practices
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The Greenest, Coolest Stadium: Toyo Ito On His Sun-Powered Stunner
Exclusive: The Architect Behind the Solar-Powered Stadium As if the U.S. wasn't going to look bad enough at this month's World Games, with sports like tug of war, netball , orienteering and Latin dance: the host city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, will be
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Subway Fares Around the World
On Monday, New Yorkers riding the subway to work were met with a costlier spin of the turnstile: a 12 percent increase in their fares, from $2 to $2.25, as the Metropolitan Transit Authority copes with a severe $2 billion
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Greening China's Mayors: A Q&A; with Dr. Steve Hammer of the Mayoral Training Program on Energy Smart Cities
"There are lots of questions" To meet its ambitious goals -- a 20 percent increase in energy productivity and a ten percent decrease in emissions compared to 2005 levels by the end of 2010 -- China will need to rely on strong national policies, like the
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Was Michael Jackson the World's Biggest Environmentalist?
Michael Jackson was famous for his socially-conscious music, but "Earth Song," his big, bold environmental call-to-arms, is often overlooked. Still, by sheer
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The Global Water Challenge Comes to Bonnaroo: Video
Bonnaroo's cup runneth over with music, but chances were that the cup was biodegradable. Or rather it was a reusable water bottle, refilled at one of the festival's water stations.
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Bonnaroo 2009: How Green Was Your Festival?
Flickr user joshunter Solar Array Planned for Next Year "Responsibility" and "cleanliness" might not be synonymous with the world's biggest music and culture festival, which turns a Tennessee farm into a four-day party for 80,000 hippies, hipsters,
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Beijing's Olympic Pollution Solution: Luck + Data Manipulation
At last summer's Olympics, Beijing came out on top in the medal count and on the balance sheets. But as the city's air pollution again pushes dangerous levels, two new reports point out that pollution during the Games was
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As U.S. Cities Waver on Plastic Bag Tax, China's Bag Ban Saved 1.6 Million Tons of Oil
A ban on super thin plastic bags cut the use of 40 billion bags, reduced plastic bag usage by 66 percent and saved China 1.6 million tons of petroleum, according to recent government estimates, Worldwatch reports.
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Bobby Kennedy, Jr.: "Let's Get Arrested!" (Video)
Photo: Douglas Mason / Getty Civil Disobedience to Fight Coal Before Bruce Springsteen took the stage at Bonnaroo over the weekend, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. told a crowd of thousands that "coal is a crime," and called on festival-goers to get arrested with
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How Development is Hurting, Not Helping, China's Poor (Video)
China's biggest defense of its massive greenhouse gas emissions is its need to develop like West has, mostly in order to lift its people out of poverty.
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Bobby Kennedy, Jr.: Coal-State Democrats Are "Endorsing Criminal Behavior and Destroying their State" (Video)
Coal companies would not exist if not for the "corruption" of politicians, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. told TreeHugger in an interview at Bonnaroo, singling out "family friends of ours forever," like West Virginia Democrats Jay Rockefeller and Robert Byrd.
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Video: How Geothermal Is Heating Up in Beijing
Plus Rapping In the latest episode of the eco-rap-documentary series China's Green Beat, Sustainable John explores one of the most abundant but least-recognized renewable heating-and-cooling sources, lying deep beneath the feet of Beijingers:
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Andrew Bird Tells Us Why He's Not Using Biodiesel on Tour
As his name might suggest, Andrew Bird's music is infused with a sense of nature, from his brilliant Audabon-inspired lyrics to his soaring, bird-like whistling. His vehicle of choice? A Heron bike, of course. The eclectic folker has also sought to
