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Shanghai Struggles to Save Itself from the Sea
10/10/2011SHANGHAI — Some 1,000 years ago, the Chinese named this city “Shanghai” based on its location. It literally means “above the…
Read MoreWorld’s First Fat Tax in Denmark as Food Sin Taxes Become Reality in Europe
10/10/2011by Christine Lepisto, Berlin The statistics prove that people can’t control themselves. Delicious, fatty, comfort foods are driving obesity, disease, and…
Read MoreWorld’s Leading Apparel Brands, Retailers Boycott Uzbek Cotton Harvested by Child Laborers
10/10/2011More than 60 of the world’s leading apparel brands and retailers, including Adidas, Burberry, H&M, PPR Group, Walmart, Target, and Macy’s,…
Read MoreUniversity of Maryland Wins Solar Decathlon
10/10/2011by Lloyd Alter, Toronto I am not a good judge of architectural competitions. In most cases, I find the winner to…
Read MoreScientists Discover a Passive Virus That Destroys Breast Cancer Cells
10/10/2011by Diane Pham Breast cancer affects one in eight women during their lives, and it is the most common cancer experienced…
Read MoreClimate Change Threatens Kenya’s Rainmakers
10/10/2011by Rachel Cernansky, Boulder, Colorado We hear a lot about the impact of climate change on agriculture, especially smallholder farmers, but…
Read MoreWalmart Suddenly Loves (Some) Women
10/10/2011by Andrea Newell Walmart is rolling out a global program to benefit women but it won’t help their own female U.S….
Read More30 Million Plastic Bags Collected by School Kids to Save a Species
10/10/2011by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California They’re like little troll dolls with tails. These super cute and super tiny animals are…
Read MoreParis Launches World’s Largest Electric Car Share Program: Autolib
10/10/2011by Lori Zimmer This past Sunday Paris took a monumental step towards the future of green transportation as it kicked off…
Read MoreWhy I’m Occupying Wall Street with the Green Movement Today
10/10/2011Since the Occupy Wall Street movement began, there’s been plenty of long-winded pontificating about what it stands for or what it…
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