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A-frame cabin with dark metal roofing
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Design

A rustic wood cabin from the '70s is remodeled into a charming getaway

The original cabin, dubbed chAlet, was built onto a patch of land in Donovaly, Slovenia in the 1970s. Since its construction, the wood cabin had fallen into near disrepair. The shutters were misshapen and splintered, the bottom had been damaged by the elements and the paint was faded and peeling. Rather than completely...
coyote in the wild
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Environment

Backlash: EPA halts use of deadly 'cyanide bomb' traps

Almost as quickly as the Environmental Protection Agency announced its temporary interim re-authorization of M-44s, or “cyanide bomb” traps, to kill wildlife, it overturned the decision and banned the cyanide bombs due to backlash. The decision reported on Aug. 15 made environmentalists, activists and...
bathroom with toilet and wood cabinet
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News

Save the environment by pooping less, says Bolsonaro

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro recently suggested that people could save the environment if their bowels moved less frequently. His intestinal initiative could be accomplished by eating less food, he told one reporter. "You talk about environmental pollution," Bolsonaro said. "It's enough to poop every other...
curving silver bridge for people walking and biking
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Design

Curvaceous bicycle bridge brings new life to Copenhagen’s harbor

Copenhagen has once again cemented its title as the best bicycle city in the world with the completion of the Lille Langebro cycle and pedestrian bridge. Spanning 160 meters across Copenhagen’s Inner Harbor, the opening bridge is the work of London-headquartered architecture practice WilkinsonEyre, which won...
wood home with large glass wall
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Architecture

A playful home built of recycled materials takes in sunrise views in Ecuador

Built largely from recycled materials, the home that architect Daniel Moreno Flores recently completed for an artistically inclined client in Ecuador oozes playfulness and creativity as well as a reduced environmental footprint. Located in the town of Pifo less than an hour’s drive east from Quito, the House...
aerial view of thin ice near Greenland
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Greenland's ice sheet lost 197 billion tons of ice in July

What melts faster than an ice cream cone on a sweltering summer day? Greenland’s ice sheet. In July, the world's second biggest ice sheet lost 197 billion tons of ice and increased sea levels by about half a millimeter. On August 15 alone, Greenland's ice sheet had a major meltdown, losing 11 billion tons of...
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Environment

Chattanooga becomes first 100% solar-powered airport in US

Tennessee’s fourth largest city, Chattanooga, became the first American airport to be 100 percent solar powered – and joins only a handful of airports who claim the same across the world.  The $5 million dollar solar farm project has been seven years in the making with funding by the Federal Aviation...

Tennessee’s fourth largest city, Chattanooga, became the first American airport to be 100 percent solar powered – and joins only a handful...
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Environment

Two years after Hurricane Harvey, Houston infrastructure goes green

Exactly two years after Hurricane Harvey blew through Houston, Texas, the state government approved a “Rainy Day Fund” earmarked for flood prevention projects and resilient infrastructure. The $1.7 billion fund will be available to local governments and communities through disaster mitigation grants and loans,...

Exactly two years after Hurricane Harvey blew through Houston, Texas, the state government approved a “Rainy Day Fund” earmarked for flood...