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Bitcoin mining is using as much power as 5,699,560 American households.

It creates as much CO2 as a million transatlantic flights. Why isn't this a bigger deal?




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Meet the one city in America where cars have been banned since 1898

When cars first began appearing in the late 19th century, some cities moved to ban them -- but there is still one place in the US that has yet to change its mind.




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Why aren't North Americans buying electric cars?

Price is no longer the main obstacle. Lack of understanding might be.




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What's wrong with America's approach to food?

Michael Pollan weighs in on what he calls a "national eating disorder."




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Are Walmart's Eco-Efforts Enough? Balancing Sustainability & Social Responsibility at America's Largest Retailer

Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the




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GE's New Hybrid Water Heater is Super-Efficient—and Manufactured in America

The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being made in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades.




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Foster to build Toronto tower with what looks like the largest living wall in North America

"Less is more" is so over; These days the mantra is "too much is never enough."




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70% of Americans think the environment is more important than economic growth

Turns out, environmental issues are not about awareness. People get it.




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Heating our homes kills 10,000 Americans per year

We have to decarbonize, not just because of carbon dioxide and climate change in the longer term, but because it is killing us directly right now.




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How one American family has moved away from fossil fuels

"Being the Change" is proof that weaning oneself off fossil fuels is not only possible, but also joyful and fun for a young suburban family.




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Smokestack America is back!

President Trump will unleash America's "vast energy wealth." Just watch.




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The Decolonizing Diet Project is Teaching Volunteers to Eat Like Native Americans

How big of a locavore are you? Could you eat only foods that were available to Native Americans before 1600?




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Are the Great Lakes under threat from thirsty Southwestern American states?

Do international treaties mean anything when America needs fresh water?




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The ozone hole over Antarctica is about the size of NORTH-AMERICA right now

We don't hear about the ozone layer as much as we used to anymore, but that doesn't mean that the problem has been solved.




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The Archipod rolls back to America as the Podzooks

The iconic English office pod can be used for all kinds of things.




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Guess what's causing Americans the most stress?

This year's Stress in America survey by the American Psychological Association might make you feel not so all alone.




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Walkscore Rates the Most Walkable Cities In America. Is It A Useful Metric?

Yesterday I wrote about a mom who was convicted of vehicular homicide after her son was killed by a drunk hit-and-run, because she crossed the street from a bus stop without walking almost half a mile to the traffic light. Today Walkscore has released




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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Americans Have No Car, No Access To Transit

Here is an interesting juxtaposition of stories; Kaid Benfield at NRDC Switchboard picks up on a study about how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in America. He quotes Transportation for America: In the last decade, from 2000 through 2009, more than




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Porsche American Headquarters Has Green Roof, Natural Ventilation

There is something contradictory about building a Green Porsche Headquarters at an Aeropolis, but whatever.




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More Americans Drinking BPA in Canned Beer, Thanks to Economy and Pabst Drinking Hipsters

Beer cans are lined with the stuff, but hey, thats the price you pay for convenience.




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Bisphenol A Now Illegal In American Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups, No Thanks to FDA

It seems that the only people who benefit from this rule change are the members of the American Chemistry Council who make BPA.




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More Americans drinking BPA in canned beer

What's in that "polymer lining" in every can? A gender-bending hormone that may be really bad for you.




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Happy 83rd Birthday, American beer can. Now go away.

There is no place for you in a healthy, circular economy, and this is nothing to celebrate




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Huge lake appears in North America's hottest, driest spot

Check out these photos of a surprise 10-mile lake that popped up in Death Valley, California.




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Mesmerizing Chandelier Mimicks Deep Sea Bioluminescence (Photos)

Using mouth-blown glass and energy-efficient LEDs, this stunning chandelier looks like a creature from the ocean's depths.




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Meet the extraordinary catfish that travels the width of South America

The dorado catfish swims more than 7,200 miles, making it the world champion of freshwater fish migration.




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Meet America's first climate refugees

The people of Newtok, Alaska are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away.




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Melting ice and rising seas will make Alaskan villagers America's first climate refugees

Adapting to climate change is going to affect the lives of every human on Earth. But for some those impacts are hitting a little sooner and a little harder than they are for others.




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Americans still love libraries

Libraries were the 'most common cultural activity' for many Americans last year.




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Americans continue to battle food waste

A small survey by Bosch shows that U.S. homeowners feel guilty about wasting food, but need to change their habits.




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The dollar store is America's new invasive species

Commonly thought to be a byproduct of economic distress, a new report suggest that dollar stores are a cause of it.




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Mesmerizing short film follows photographer through the Arctic, wolves and polar bears ensue (video)

Take a breathtaking 9-minute journey with wildlife photographer Vincent Munier through the beautifully bleak frozen North, you won’t be sorry.




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America's carpet industry needs cleaning up

A report from GAIA reveals how old carpets go straight to landfill or get burned because many manufacturers haven't developed closed-loop production.




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The EPA doesn't want Americans to know how dangerous Teflon chemicals are

The agency tried to suppress a major toxicology report on perfluoroalkyl chemicals, but now it's been quietly released online -- with alarming conclusions.




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ShareNow, successor to Car2Go, pulls out of North America

So much for the "sharing economy". North Americans don't like sharing cars or parking spaces.




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Half a million American homes don't have proper plumbing

They have toilets but they just dump the sewage out the back. This is nuts.




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Mesmerizing kinetic light installation interprets phases of the moon (Video)

Using a series of rotating LED lights, this work highlights the visually transformative powers of the Moon.




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"We must keep Americans wanting"

Is American consumerism innate, or manufactured?




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8 facts about bobcats, the most common wildcat in North America

Here's what to know about Lynx rufus, the solitary wildcat that roams North America.




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How sustainable forestry can help the legacy of African American Landowners

As we recognize African American History Month, it is important to highlight a lesser known part of this history - the legacy of forest ownership among the black community, and the leaders who are working to preserve it.




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American government wants to put more food in your gas tank

Oh, the farmer and the oilman should be friends. But they are fighting over ethanol.




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America is facing a sugar shortage

But is that a bad thing?




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American Zoos Going 'EEK-o-friendly' for a Green Halloween

Select zoos are enticing green families with healthier treats and recycled crafts this Halloween




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Oscar Niemeyer's Bold Response to Latin American Suburban Sprawl in the XX Century

Of all of Niemeyer's impressive works, the 1960s Copan building in Sao Paulo is the one speaking directly to contemporary urban trends.




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California Leads the Energy Efficiency Race: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Releases 2008 Scorecard

So you think you're doing everything you can to improve your home's energy efficiency. And if you haven't done everything you can do personally, both TreeHugger and Planet Green have plenty of tips on how you can get up to




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How hard is it to walk in American suburbs? Worse than I imagined

On the Mouzon scale of 1 to 10 for walkability, this intersection gets -10.




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8 Best North American Beaches For Exploring Tide Pools

Discover the miniature, magical world of tide pools -- and beat the heat -- by heading to North America's coastlines.




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Scientists identify the most environmentally harmful animal product in the American diet

A new paper compares eggs, dairy, poultry, beef and pork to determine which has the biggest environmental impact.




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American dietary guidelines dump environmental concerns

Recommendations to eat less meat for environmental reasons won’t be included in the final 2015 dietary guidelines.




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Almost half of American drivers don’t bother using their turn signals

And then they yell at cyclists for not following the rules.