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Critical List: Climate change officially caused an extreme weather event; climate denier smackdown
Climate change caused the Russian heat wave, according to statistics and science (if you believe that sort of thing). Nebraska could reroute the Keystone XL pipeline. Eugene Robinson smacks down […]
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True confessions of a bicycle scofflaw
Photo: mad driversOkay, confession time: I’m one of “those” cyclists. You know, the ones who are giving us all a bad name, the ones who think we’re above the law, […]
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Giant Bicycles strikes back at stupid GM ad
GM's ad about how embarrassing it is to ride a bike? Dumb. Giant Bicycles' parody response? Classy! Also pretty amusing.
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Wisconsin town wants to outlaw biking and walking
The town of Hull, Wis., has a creative response to solving the problem of bike and pedestrian safety: Forbid bikers and pedestrians from using the roads.
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Rahm Emanuel decides public employees must use public transit
Employees of the city of Chicago are going to have to get used to taking the bus and the subway. Starting next year, they’ll have to use public transit, unless they have a really good excuse and are down for filling out a lot of paper work. Whose idea was this? Mayor Rahm Emanuel, of course.
Rahmbo doesn't want city employees on official business to take their personal cars or #*(%&@ cabs. They're public employees; they'll take *#@%(& public transit!
This isn’t just for green reasons; it’s also because Chicago -- surprise! -- is totally corrupt. -
The fashionable cyclist: Why let a little rain get you down?
Got a long, wet ride to work? You can do it, and still arrive looking snappy, writes Elly Blue.
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GM: Bikes will make you unattractive to ladies
Enough people thought this was a good idea that the ad made it into print. How did this ad meeting go? "We need to convince the youth to buy giant […]
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Riding the crimson tide: bicycling when you have your period
Elly Blue demystifies the one true women's issue in bicycling: biking on your period.
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Bicycles at war
The bicycle, though it's increasingly branded with progressive politics, has a long history in the armed forces.
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Spokes Patrol: Bike cops out in force at Occupy Portland
Portland Police have made an art of policing public protests by bicycle, and man do they know how to spoil a good party.