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Capturing Climate Change Digitally (The New York Times)

December 28, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

By analyzing thousands of photographs of a forest canopy less than 40 miles outside London, researchers were able to estimate carbon uptake over a two-year period based on the leaves’ hues.

Categories: Environment, Science, Technology, The New York Times

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Outside the Box: Eight No-Wrap Gift Ideas (The New York Times)

December 22, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

Less than a week before Christmas, you can still find gifts that are both enjoyable and on the greener side.

Categories: Environment, Lifestyle, The New York Times

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Reimagining the Coral Market (The New York Times)

December 18, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

A new study suggests that the coral trade for aquariums is shifting toward farming rather than harvesting, which might help preserve some coral species.

Categories: Environment, Science, The New York Times

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Learning to Live With Urban Coyotes (The New York Times)

October 25, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

Increasingly, residents of urban and suburban areas are having firsthand experience with coyotes in their own yards, parks and neighborhoods.

Categories: Environment, Science, The New York Times

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Superweeds, Superpests: The Legacy of Pesticides (The New York Times)

October 6, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

The rapid adoption of a single weed-killer for the vast majority of crops harvested in the United States has given rise to superweeds and greater pesticide use, a new study suggests. And while crops engineered to manufacture an insect-killing toxin have reduced the use of pesticides in those fields, the emergence of newly resistant insects now threatens to reverse that trend.

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This Summer, Electric Cars Are Merging Into California’s Traffic (The New York Times)

June 30, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

An earlier generation had the Summer of Love. In 2012, the warm months turned into the season of the electric car for Californians with a passion for plug-ins.

Categories: Mobility & Transport, The New York Times

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Q. and A.: A Panoramic View of Energy Innovation (The New York Times)

June 12, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

Arun Majumdar, founding director of ARPA-E, reflects on his time in Washington, the future of energy innovation, his experience seeking bipartisan support from Congress and what he has coming up next.

Categories: Energy, Policy, The New York Times

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Access to the Car Pool Lane, For a Price (The New York Times)

February 25, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

Lately, the concept of putting a price on convenience has been adapted as a way to manage traffic congestion. In short, the H.O.V. lane is making way for the High Occupancy Toll lane.

Categories: Mobility & Transport, Policy, The New York Times

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Hackathon Produces Apps for a Cleaner Commute (The New York Times)

September 15, 2011 by Josie Garthwaite

What can data do for your daily commute? A team of energy policy consultants and software developers met in San Francisco to brainstorm how data sets could be used to make the typical urban commute shorter and greener.

Categories: Mobility & Transport, Sustainable Cities, Technology, The New York Times

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