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Why the NYC Bike Share Backlash Is a Good Thing

Paris, London, Copenhagen: all over the world, opponents have tried to put the brakes on bike-share programs. Then they fall in love. Is New York City next? The author of "Traffic" thinks so.

May 24, 2013 - OnEarth

Are Visions of a Thriving Chicago River Just Pipe Dreams?

Engineering marvel, polluted sewer, magnet for development - the Chicago River has worn many hats in its day. For its next role, can it become an "example of environmental innovation and ecological stewardship"?

February 26, 2013 - OnEarth

High-End Real Estate Makes Wildfires Worse

In Colorado and the West, the most desirable real estate is also the most likely to burn, writes Michael Kodas.

August 8, 2012 - OnEarth

Should Phoenix Exist?

Emma Marris reviews a new book by Andrew Ross, a cultural critic at New York University, that tries to understand how Phoenix came to be what it is, and determine whether there's any way it can be turned around.

March 18, 2012 - OnEarth

Africa's Urban Harvest

Faced with climate change and poverty, Africans are focusing on a new farming frontier: the cities.

November 28, 2011 - OnEarth

Lake Erie Is Dying (Again)

Deadly algae and invasive species are choking the life out of Lake Erie. It recovered from near-death 40 years ago, but the regulations that helped save it last time are under increasing attack.

September 1, 2011 - OnEarth

Rust Belt Mayors Are Greening Brownfields

With the unlikely help of a group called the Mayors Automotive Coalition, down-at-the-heels towns are reinventing themselves - in various shades of green.

June 15, 2011 - OnEarth

Transportation Solutions Illustrated

This article from OnEarth magazine looks at ideas for improving transportation in the United States, and offers some illustrations to help explain.

December 11, 2010 - OnEarth

Coastal Communities Swallowed

Thousands of Louisiana residents are being forced to retreat from their rapidly disappearing coastal communities.

December 10, 2010 - OnEarth

Rummaging Through New York's Garbage

New York has a filthy history, says Robin Nagle, the New York City Department of Sanitation's anthropologist-in-residence. The muck of early Manhattan was much worse than you even suspected.

October 21, 2010 - OnEarth

Decentralizing, 'Resolarizing' Our Food Systems

Wartime urban gardening and the Obama's White House vegetable garden should be our inspiration in our efforts to wean our food systems off of industrial-scale agriculture, writes Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food."

April 27, 2009 - OnEarth

Environment Faces Sacrifice As Alberta Explores Oil Reserves

Oil reserves in Canada have the mouths of investors watering, and many Canadians willing to accept the vast environmental degradation that will result from the oil's extraction.

October 25, 2007 - OnEarth

Detroit is Losing the Race for Cleaner Cars

While it is hard to imagine the 20th Century without the automobile, it is equally hard to imagine the 21st Century with it - at least as is. A look at what the international automobile industry is doing to clean up their products.

January 11, 2005 - OnEarth

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