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The Italian public artist Blu just recently finished a mural commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles; however, before any of the public could see the powerful anti-war painting, a massive sea of floating money-draped coffins, the work of art was destroyed by the same institution who had paid for it. The [...]
Japan is looking to help India get 24 green cities off the ground with a combination of loans and technological help, Mridul Chadha of our sister site Cleantechnica recently reported. This is all part of a proposed $90 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor mega-infrastructure project aimed at boosting green economic growth in relatively undeveloped towns along a [...]
Over on Change.org earlier this month, I wrote about a big win in New York. The State Senate and State Assembly approved a ban on hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) until May 15, 2011 in order to perform more research on the health, air quality, water quality, and environmental safety effects of fracking before continuing this [...]
“Louisiana wetlands are disappearing at a rate of up to 25 square miles per year — and taking centuries-old communities with them.” This is the intro to a great piece on OnEarth that shows us yet again that we can stop talking only about the effects climate change is going to have on the world [...]
The following is a guest post by D. Salmons over at Test Freak, a one-stop resource for finding the best reviews online. In today’s world, it makes great sense to look at alternative forms of transportation that do not contribute to the Earth’s pollution levels. One of the alternatives, the common bicycle, not only gives [...]
