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Can drastic new anti-pollution rules help clean up Beijing’s air?
The city is rolling out a series of regulations to cut emissions over the next five years.
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Americans are driving less in nearly every state
Over the past eight years, the number of vehicle miles traveled has steadily decreased, a trend dominated by millennials' much lower driving rates.
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New York subway delayed by kittens
The B and Q lines in Brooklyn were delayed due to cute overload.
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Girl steals bike back from bike thief
She contacted the thief posing as an interested buyer, took the bike for a test ride -- and just kept riding.
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If it’s too smoggy for your tourist photos, Hong Kong has a fake blue-sky backdrop
Because you didn't pay good money to go to Hong Kong and have your vacation Instagrams ruined by light-impervious smog.
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The larger the city, the more it pollutes, right?
NASA tries to answer the question.
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By 2050, flooding could cost the world’s coastal cities over $60 billion a year
That’s only if cities make significant investments to mitigate risk. If we do nothing, flooding costs could soar to $1 trillion.
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The next great farming frontier? Look up
A new green revolution is underway -- on urban rooftops.
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Beautifully imagined maps show fictional cities and their transit systems
The imaginary metropolises on Ian Silva's imaginary islands have better public transit systems than most real cities.
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Kochs must move their massive piles of tar-sands waste, Detroit mayor says
Petcoke has been piling up on Detroit's riverfront near a refinery processing tar-sands oil from Canada, but the city has finally had enough.
