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There's No Such Thing As Free Parking

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Nothing new about this; shopping mall parking in 1958. Library of Virginia.

Alex recently asked Can Great Design Redeem the Parking Garage? He was talking about a new parking structure by Herzog and de Meuron on Miami Beach's Lincoln Road, which is a pedestrian street de

What's the Energy, Water and Greenhouse Gas Intensity of Oil Shale? High, High & High

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photo: Stuart Caie via flickr

In case you needed more convincing that developing the United States' oil shale deposits into liquid fuel is an environmental nightmare and a complete non-starter from an energy perspective,

Stopping Soot Emissions Only Way to Prevent Runaway Arctic Sea Ice Melting

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Soot from vehicle exhaust, power generation and burning biomass is the second most important contributor to global warming.

Major Asian Paper Corps Undermine Indonesia's Carbon Emission Reduction Commitments

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photo: Eyes on the Forest

Echoing a recent Greenpeace report on the deforestation in Indonesia by the paper industry, Eyes on the Forest is highlighting the actions of Asia Pulp & Paper and APRIL in illegally clearing forests and undermining governm

Prehistoric Humans Caused Climate Changes, Too?

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flintstones opening scene image Image via elisson1

It's almost quaint to think that our ancient ancestors, living some 10,000 years ago, may have altered the planet's climate, just like us.

Busting a Myth: Does Facebook Water Vapor Comment Disprove Global Warming?

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Image: Shefaet, Flickr

This one goes out to mig. Mig wrote us and explained that yesterday a distant facebook friend posted this:

"Oceans are the single largest CO2 reduction system in the world.

Even More Methane Found Leaking From Arctic Seafloor

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Scientists took sonar measurements to record clouds of methane bubbles rising from the seafloor.