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Cleaning the Ports of L.A.
Imagine waking up and throwing open your bedroom window for a breath of fresh air, only to find black soot blanketing the sill and a yellow-brown haze hanging in the sky.
Comments (0) | August 28, 2008
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Crude and Slimy
Is slime the next energy frontier?
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Germany's Buzzing
As researchers puzzle over the reasons for colony collapse disorder—the mass death of bees—German regulators are pointing the finger at pesticides.
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Imagine a Floating City
In the three years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, engineers, architects, artists, and designers have grappled in myriad ways with the city's central dilemma: how are its people and the Mississippi River to coexist?
Comments (0) | August 28, 2008
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Latin Super Model
Since fall 2006, NRDC has been pressing Chile to develop a progressive energy policy based on renewable, efficient energy.
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Letters from Our Readers: Fall 2008
Readers write in about corporate environmentalism, environmental action and more.
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Look! Up in the Sky!
This time, it’s not your imagination: that cloud really does look like the Olympic rings.
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Protecting Us from Nano
Nanoparticles engineered in laboratories have become ubiquitous—in ultralight bicycle frames, antiwrinkle creams, iPhones, silver-infused antimicrobial clothing, and other everyday products.
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Q & A: Not Just a Band-Aid
Heat waves and dengue fever, failed harvests and soaring oil prices: The Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Center has one of the world’s longest to-do lists
Comments (1) | August 28, 2008
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The Big Fix
Solving the global climate crisis requires bold political action. Fast. As in right after the November elections.
Comments (3) | August 28, 2008