Tag: United States
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'AIDS of the Americas' May Spread to U.S. with Climate Change
The deadly Chagas disease is on the rise, and the insects that transmit venture northward in the warming climate.
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US Bottled Water Sales Hit New Record High in 2011
How did buying individual portions of water in plastic bottles become an acceptable alternative to clean and available public tap water?
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LEED Bashing: Plastic People Join The Lumber Industry in Trying To Get The Feds To Drop LEED
The plastics industry and the US Chamber of Commerce gang up to kill green building
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How to Spot Income Inequality from Space: Look for the Trees
Poor neighborhoods have fewer trees, as these jarring satellite photos reveal.
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Craft for Craft's Sake Means Nothing: The Principles of Deep Craft
One designer argues that the rebirth of making things by hand is in danger of devaluing the craft it sets out to celebrate.
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How Permaculture Could Transform Campuses Across the Globe
An international conference looks at how permaculture could be applied to transform university and school campuses into food producing, nature-friendly sustainable spaces.
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Louisville, Detroit, Cleveland May See Nearly 20,000 More Heat-Related Deaths Each Year by 2100
NRDC has just released a new report showing how many more heat-related deaths may happen in the US each year if we don't rein in our climate pollution.
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Doctors Office Transforms 4,000 Sq.Ft Lawn into Edible Landscape
With diabetes and obesity causing major health problems, one family practice is transforming its front lawn into an educational, edible garden.
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Could "Gatorponics" Revive Defunct Chicken Farms?
Could a combination of alligator farming and hydroponics be the savior of former chicken farmers, or is it a dangerous and cruel distraction?
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US Proposes More Tariffs For Chinese Solar Power Modules
For companies that participated in the Dept of Commerce's investigation the preliminary tariffs are roughly 31%, and much higher for those that didn't.
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Electricity Transmission Line for 7 GW of Offshore Wind Power Off Mid-Atlantic States Given Go Ahead
Now if the US could just build the wind turbines to actually generate the electricity...
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Statistical Analysis Shows 2 Degree Temperature Rise Zones in North America
Analysis bridges differences between various climate change models to predict North American climate change with high certainty. Will skeptics finally be convinced?
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Fewer Americans Believe Climate Change Is Not Happening Than We Think
The latest of Yale University's surveys on American attitudes towards climate change also shows that two-thirds of people now believe the planet is warming, but fewer attribute it to human activity.
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Two-Thirds of US Land Leased by Oil Industry Not Used
Yet the oil industry wants access to more land...
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Coal Use in United States Drops to 36% of Electricity Generation
Why? Natural gas use is rising.
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Gaia Soda: An Ethical Alternative to Soda Stream Home Carbonation?
A new start-up is accusing the big home soda machine manufacturers of ripping off consumers and selling unhealthy products.
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Crowd-Sourced Map of NYC's Bike Share Stations Unveiled
Here's a first look at where New York City's 600 incoming bike sharing stations will go.
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How ETSY Is Changing the Way We All Do Business
The online craft market place becomes a certified B Corp, and announces $40m in new funding. This could be a great thing for all of us.
