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The Problem, My Friend, Is Blowin’ in the Wind
Blowing Desert Dust Is Growing Environmental Problem Dust blowing up from the Sahara Desert has increased tenfold in the last 50 years and represents a growing environmental threat, warned Oxford […]
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Mort Utility Vehicles
SUV Occupants More Likely to Die in Accidents You surely already know that SUVs pollute the air, contribute to global warming, boost demand for oil, and shackle our security and […]
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Ken You Dig It?
London Mayor Considers Expanding Downtown Congestion Charging London Mayor Ken Livingstone boasts that the year-old, eight-square-mile pay zone in the center of the city — where motorists are charged $9.40 […]
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It’s a Sprawl World After All
Two Anti-Sprawl Initiatives Fail in California In other, less eco-friendly initiative news, two separate measures intended to limit sprawl were defeated in California yesterday. In San Diego County, voters bucked […]
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Missouri Loves Company
New Missouri River Management Plan Sparks Protest A massive new plan to manage the Missouri River, released by the Army Corps of Engineers on Friday, managed to please exactly nobody, […]
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Umbra on SUVs
Dear Umbra, Please help; my friend Kathryn Schulz, Grist’s managing editor, is sick of hearing about my guilt. I own an SUV. In my defense, I got it almost six […]
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Wheeze and No Thank You
Pollution a Likely Contributor to Rising Asthma Rates Asthma rates are climbing around the world, and though scientists can’t say precisely what’s causing the increase, pollution is thought to be […]
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Ballast Off!
Invasive Species in Ballast Water Messing With World’s Oceans Ships that carry ballast water — used to balance and stabilize the vessels — also carry thousands of aquatic species across […]
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Built Ford? Tough.
Environmental Groups Target Bill Ford, Jr. Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford, Jr., once a darling of the eco-friendly set, has come under attack by a coalition of environmental groups […]
