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2013 Nissan LEAF awarded IIHS 'Top Safety Pick' rating, again

May 10, 4:17 PM by Michael Graham Richard in Cars

Not a surprise, but when it comes to safety, we're not looking for any surprises.
Yet another survey confirms: Young people want to be in town near transit, not in the suburbs

May 10, 4:05 PM by Lloyd Alter in Urban Design

Canadian study shows different priorities for first-time home buyers.
Even Former Coal Miners Want to End Mountaintop Removal Mining

May 10, 2:38 PM by Sarah Hodgdon, Guest Writer in Fossil Fuels

It's time to end this destructive practice, and Appalachian residents descended upon Washington, D.C., this week to demand action.
The Upcycle House goes beyond recycling

May 10, 12:58 PM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

The architects claim it's " the first house build only from upcycled and environmentally sustainable materials". Is it?
The Republican civil war on climate change

May 10, 12:55 PM by Chris Tackett in Climate Change

Coral Davenport at National Journal has a well-reported piece on the "coming civil war in the Republican party." Can the moderates turn the fundamentalists around?
Google's new timelapse project shows 30 years of disappearing rainforest in just seconds

May 10, 11:08 AM by Derek Markham in Clean Technology

Using Landsat imagery taken from as early as 1984, Google Earth's animated GIFs are potent proof of how quickly our world changes.
Vice President Biden talks climate to Rolling Stone

May 10, 10:51 AM by Chris Tackett in Climate Change

Douglas Brinkley at Rolling Stone sat down for an hour with Vice President Joe Biden and the topic of climate change made up considerable bulk of the interview. It's worth a read
May 11th is National Train Day!

May 10, 9:39 AM by Michael Graham Richard in Public Transportation

May 11th, is the 6th annual National Train Day in the US! Time to celebrate!
Dear Subaru: It's a bad idea to call your target audience a bunch of smelly loud bums

May 10, 9:22 AM by Lloyd Alter in Public Transportation

The car company has been stereotyped for years, but that hasn't stopped them from peddling every tired cliche about transit.
Artist's symbiotic sculptures weave a magical story about nature (Photos)

May 10, 7:00 AM by Kimberley Mok in Culture

British sculptor Laura Ellen Bacon uses willow branches to create expressive, larger-than-life works of environmental art.
Batik teddy bears raise money for clean water in Mali

May 10, 5:00 AM by Bonnie Alter in Sustainable Product Design

These irresistible little batik bears will help Malian villagers build a well.
Indian villagers rush to the rescue of a baby elephant (Video)

May 9, 5:07 PM by Stephen Messenger in Natural Sciences

While it's safe to say that the kindhearted locals were driven by empathy and compassion, thankfully a video has emerged to ensure that their show of altruism doesn't go unnoticed by the world.
Oops. Dangerous Giant African Snail found in Texas turns out to be Rosy Wolf Snail

May 9, 4:19 PM by Michael Graham Richard in Natural Sciences

It looks like the Giant African Snail that was discovered in Houston, Texas, was actually a Rosy Wolf Snail, which is native to North-America.
40+ gadgets in your pocket, without the e-waste

May 9, 3:54 PM by Michael Graham Richard in Gadgets

E-waste is a big problem, but there is also a counter-trend that helps fight it.
NY Design/ ICFF Preview: Patty Johnson

May 9, 2:17 PM by Lloyd Alter in Sustainable Product Design

The peripatetic international designer explains it all in Core77
Quid Pro Quo on Keystone approval? Not likely.

May 9, 1:55 PM by Chris Tackett in Energy Policy

As we wait for President Obama and the State Department to make a decision on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, talk seems to have shifted away from why the pipeline should be rejected to what should be done in the event the project is approved.
Al Gore calls Alberta Tar Sands "an open sewer."

May 9, 1:49 PM by Lloyd Alter in Fossil Fuels

In a speech in Toronto, he also says “There’s no such thing as ethical oil,” he said. “There’s only dirty oil and dirtier oil.”
Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 2. The Ecology of Population Growth

May 9, 12:38 PM by Lester Brown, Guest Writer in Sustainable Agriculture

The most recent U.N. demographic projections show world population growing to 9.3 billion by 2050, an addition of 2.3 billion people.