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London's narrowest residence up for grabs for $750K

Although it may not exactly scream widespread appeal, a 99-inch-wide townhouse in London may have found itself a buyer.




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Residents to enjoy a bike space per bedroom at new London development

Foster + Partners's 930-unit high-rise development will have enough on-site bike parking to go around and then some.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Lab, sweet lab: NIST Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility opens

Inside a rather humdrum-looking suburban Washington, D.C., home, the typical family of 4 is replaced by a virtual clan as part of a $2.5M effort to test energy-




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The dark side of Canada's oil boom

Unbeknownst to many, Canada now produces more oil than Texas or Kuwait. A new book, <i>Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent</i> uncovers the dark



  • Arts & Culture

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Kyra Sedgwick urges president to reject Keystone pipeline

Actress partners with Natural Resources Defense Council, asking people to join her in opposing the $7 billion project.



  • Arts & Culture

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InsideClimate News wins Pulitzer Prize for oil spill reporting

Reporters for the online, nonprofit news site spent seven months reporting on tar-sands oil spill in Michigan.



  • Arts & Culture

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President Obama visits wind turbine plant

Video: President visits a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Iowa and discusses how the administration's clean energy investments are creating jobs and i




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Unexplained &#39;space music&#39; heard by astronauts on far side of the moon

Newly unclassified recordings reveal eerie radio sounds heard during an Apollo mission that weren't coming from Earth.




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McDonald&#39;s serves Mozart to customers looking for a side of mayhem

Faced with restaurant-clearing brawls, McDonalds is testing classical music on late-night patrons.




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Watch: President Obama on American energy

The president discussed the nation's growing clean energy economy at a Daimler facility in North Carolina.




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Stepping inside the nuclear red zones of Fukushima

An eye-opening photo essay documents the haunting towns that were forcibly abandoned following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Blu Homes beefs up iconic green prefab with Sidebreeze

From prefab powerhouse Blu Homes comes the company's eighth and largest design: A spacious, two-story take on Michelle Kaufmann's pioneering prefab, the Breezeh



  • Remodeling & Design

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7 easy Thanksgiving side dishes

These quick sides will complement your main dish, and we've included a few tips on how to make the recipes even easier.




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At Unilever&#39;s Hamburg headquarters, sustainability is a side effect

On Hamburg's waterfront, world-class sustainable architecture has emerged not from lofty green goals but from practical questions like this one: How do you buil




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Watch: President Obama on ending oil subsidies

President Obama calls on Congress to end the oil industry subsidies.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Method to open greenhouse-topped production plant on Chicago&#39;s South Side

The style-conscious soap wizards at Method unveil plans for a wind and solar-powered manufacturing facility that will also include rooftop food production.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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11 world-class windmills outside the Netherlands

These noteworthy wind-driven mills and windmill groupings offer a historical glimpse back to when life relied on the strength of wind.




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Honeybee webcam takes you inside a hive

This colony of bees is rebuilding in a hollow log in Germany after the hive collapsed earlier this year.




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Watch journey from inside rescue capsule

This amazing video shows Carlos Barrios, the thirteenth miner rescued from the mine, being pulled to the surface.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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The upside-down world of the Gulf&#39;s dead zone

Farming runoff turns the sea floor into a wet desert and forces species onward or upward.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Mysterious deaths of 3 presidents linked to White House water

William Henry Harrison, James K. Polk and Zachary Taylor all died under suspicious circumstances.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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PE teachers are thinking outside the gym

Schools are phasing out dodgeball and other sports in favor of exercises that get kids moving for a lifetime.




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What happens inside your body when you exercise?

New research out of Australia unlocks clues about how your body responds to exercise at the cellular level.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Signs of blood cells found inside dinosaur fossils

Scientists have found structures that resemble an emu's red blood cells, and others that look like collagen, inside 75 million-year-old dinosaur bones.




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Trust your gut: How much do you know about the bacteria that live inside you?

Bacteria live everywhere in your body, including your gut. These microbes have quite an impact on your health. Do you know what they do?



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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London officials consider more public drinking fountains

Mayor Sadiq Kahn wants Londoners to stay hydrated with public water fountains while generating less plastic waste.




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In high tide or in low tide, the Bob Marley spider will be by your side

The newly identified species weaves silky air chambers to survive high tide.




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Planet Pundit: The dark side of electronic efficiency

Increasingly efficient computers belie the truth that our virtual world is using more and more electricity.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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The inside dish (towel)

Do you spend more time in the kitchen during the holidays? If so, opt for uniquely designed, versatile tea and dish towels instead of paper towels.




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Product displacement: The inside scoop on 9 household items

Switching out some surprisingly toxic household products for cleaner, greener alternatives can help save your health, money and the planet.




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3-D printing ... inside a moving delivery truck?

Amazon continues to look for new ways to deliver things to customers even faster.




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Could you get your kids outside for 1,000 hours this year?

A challenge encourages parents to get their kids outside for almost 3 hours a day.




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For a better conversation, take it outside

Being outdoors may create a better sense of connection between parents and young children, a new study finds.




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7 reasons to consider indoor air-quality testing

Indoor air pollutants are all around us, from radon and rodents to VOCs and NO2.



  • Protection & Safety

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President&#39;s Environmental Youth Awards: Now accepting applications

Program offers national recognition for kids working to make their world a greener place.




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EPA WaterSense program steps outside

The EPA unrolls WaterSense labeling for irrigation controllers, the first outdoor product eligible for certification in a program that previously focused only o



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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President Obama speaks to the EPA

President Obama thanked the staff of the Environmental Protection Agency during a Tuesday afternoon speech.




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Close encounters of the presidential kind

Chuck Leavell recounts his most recent presidential run-in at the UN Climate Summit.




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Inside the eye of the swarm

Bombarded by bats and covered in bees, George McGavin investigates 'Ultimate Swarms' for Animal Planet.




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Michael Bloomberg endorses Barack Obama, &#39;a president to lead on climate change&#39;

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's surprise endorsement of Obama follows the devastating effect of Hurricane Sandy on New York City and the Northeast.




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California city plans to pay needy residents

Stockton is set to become the first city in the U.S. to experiment with providing a universal basic income to some low-income families.




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Scientists can see cells moving inside live animals for the first time

Stunning 3-D videos capture the drama of life on a subcellular level.



  • Research & Innovations

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Why did so many Detroit residents turn down free trees?

It has to do with civic involvement and not an issue with nature.



  • Arts & Culture

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LEED-aiming residence hall bans dorm room staple: The mini-fridge

To save energy, a newly opened LEED residence hall at Bridgewater State University outlaws the dorm room staple known as the mini-fridge.




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Thanks for your brave hurricane reporting — now please go inside

Extreme weather journalists are not the calm we need during a hurricane or storm.



  • Climate & Weather

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15 moments to inspire you to stay outside after sunset

This Earth Hour, celebrate the beautiful moments in nature that only occur after the sun goes down.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Police think outside the (litter) box to help cats

Muncie, Indiana, police department lets residents pay off parking tickets with donations to the local animal shelter.




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Inside it-architect Bjarke Ingels&#39; BIG deal museum exhibition

Bjarke attack! The Danish maverick is the subject of a climate-themed retrospective at the National Building Museum.



  • Arts & Culture

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Mother Nature&#39;s greatest hits: 20 songs with an environmental side

Peter Dykstra counts down his top 20 eco-songs. Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, and a few other strange bands make the cut.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Media Mayhem: It&#39;s time to get scrappy, Mr. President

To fulfill his promise to become the 'Climate Change President,' Obama will have to channel his inner Harry Truman.