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It feels like you can’t check the news lately without hearing about another area coping with severe drought. Here in Atlanta, we’ve been dealing with a water shortage for years, as have folks in California. Texas is in a worsening drought situation, too, which is leading to cattle deaths. There’s no grass for the poor [...]
Since Obama’s election in November, the website Change.org has allowed anyone with an idea for the new administration to post it on the site for folks to vote on. Today, they revealed the top ten Ideas for Change in America. [Creative Commons photo by Steve Rhodes] Macon Phillips, the Director of New Media who is [...]
The uncertainty and uproar in Ecuador’s mining industry continues. Legislators have approved a new mining bill that would allow for the resumption of mining in this Andean nation, and President Rafael Correa has stated that he would not oppose it, even in the face of widespread protests from Indian and environment groups. “It is necessary [...]
Though a handful of pedicabs have been pedaling around Philadelphia for several years, the group’s attempt last year to break into Center City Philadelphia met more than a little resistance. Chariots of Philly has been shuttling passengers around Manayunk since 2003, following a larger urban trend toward the environmentally friendly alternative to taxis and horse [...]
Spain’s sleek new high-speed trains have stolen hundreds of thousands of passengers from airlines over the last year, slashing carbon emissions and marking a radical change in the way Spaniards travel. Passenger numbers on fuel-guzzling domestic flights fell 20% in the year to November as commuters and tourists swapped cramped airline seats for the space [...]
