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Pollution

California officials unravel the "stench of death" mystery

The residents of Carson, California, have had to endure weeks of a foul stench emanating from the Dominguez Channel. The smell, described by locals as similar to rotten eggs, was first reported on Oct. 3. Now, officials say that the stench was caused by waste from a beauty and wellness product warehouse that caught...
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DIY

HOW TO: Grow an Avocado Tree from an Avocado Pit

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Electric Vehicles

$1.3B Toyota EV battery plant coming to North Carolina

A North Carolina town with fewer than 3,000 citizens and known for its antiques festival is about to be on the cutting edge of the electric vehicle revolution. Toyota just announced that it will construct a $1.29 billion battery-building facility in little Liberty, North Carolina. North Carolina...
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Tiny Homes

Plug and play Pod is a tiny room that's assembled from a box

Autonomous has created a new building kit for a 98-square-foot, one-room building called the Pod. It is so simple the average user could set it up in one day in their backyard, often without a permit, as it is free-standing and assembles from a box. Pod is something you can use as a backyard office, guest house,...
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Architecture

The Incredible Story Of How The Burj Khalifa's Poop is Trucked Out of Town

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Christmas

What are sustainable alternatives to a Christmas tree?

The holidays are fast approaching and, with it, the bustle of wrapping presents, baking treats and decorating the Christmas tree. While the tradition of harvesting a tree from the forest (or tree farm) is a plastic-free endeavor that relies on a renewable resource, that doesn’t mean it’s void of environmental...
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Tiny Homes

Solar tiny home C2X by Nestron comes with smart systems

Tiny home construction just got a lot easier with the plug-and-play prefab C2X from Nestron. All plumbing, electrical and other smart systems come preinstalled in this tiny home, which includes electric heated floors, smart tablet and a standard-size washing machine. Nestron designed its Cube 2 series...
A landscape of the city of Norilsk.
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Pollution

Welcome to Norilsk, one of the world's most polluted cities

Norilsk, the world's most northern city, has been dubbed one of the world's most polluted cities by experts. The small city of about 176,000 started experiencing its pollution during the early days of the Soviet Union. As an area rich with precious metals, Norilsk remains a hotbed of mining at the expense of the...
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Warming Oceans

Coral reef collapse could be coming to the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean coral reefs are in danger of collapsing within the next 50 years, according to a new study. From Seychelles to South Africa, reef systems could face functional extinction, threatening the lives and livelihoods of marine and terrestrial animals — including humans. Eighteen researchers,...

Indian Ocean coral reefs are in danger of collapsing within the next 50 years, according to a new study. From Seychelles to South...
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Electric Vehicles

20 new electric vehicles driving onto the scene in 2022

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Public Spaces

Art foundation in Oregon is a green space for creating

Sandy Bodecker founded the N M Bodecker Foundation in 2017 to create a collaboration and presentation space for creatives and artists in Portland, Oregon. The warehouse in Portland is designed to look like a labyrinth that reminded Bodecker of the journey of discovery he loved in the creative realization process....

Sandy Bodecker founded the N M Bodecker Foundation in 2017 to create a collaboration and presentation space for creatives and artists in Portland,...
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Public Spaces

Canada library reflects elements of parks and shopping malls

Competitions are often an effective way to bring new ideas to the table. In the case of the Pierrefonds Public Library in Montréal, Canada, the competition winning design presented by the team at Chevalier Morales embodied a flow of public space that mirrors architectural elements from shopping malls and parks. The...

Competitions are often an effective way to bring new ideas to the table. In the case of the Pierrefonds Public Library in Montréal, Canada,...
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Solar

First US solar-powered airport is in Tennessee

Tennessee may not strike people as the most progressive state with 46% of the population conservative and 27% moderate, according to a Pew Research Center poll. You might not expect it to be a bastion of green energy, but the greater Chattanooga area is stepping out in front of many other parts of the U.S. as...

Tennessee may not strike people as the most progressive state with 46% of the population conservative and 27% moderate, according to a Pew Research...
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Architecture

AMA centers sustainability and well-being through design

Atelier Monarque Architecture (AMA) is leading in the spatial design realm through its mission to holistically design spaces that help enrich the human experience. In March 2020, the four founding partners came together to achieve this goal by combining their diverse backgrounds and breadth of experience within...

Atelier Monarque Architecture (AMA) is leading in the spatial design realm through its mission to holistically design spaces that help enrich...
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Climate Change

Methane leak data and campaign to cut emissions

Ten major oil companies will now be required to disclose more methane emissions data from the Permian Basin. The House Science Committee decided that the companies must do more to track and decrease the amount of methane contaminating this part of Texas and New Mexico. Already, more than a hundred other countries...

Ten major oil companies will now be required to disclose more methane emissions data from the Permian Basin. The House Science Committee decided...