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Helsinki marks a year without traffic deaths, thanks to slower speeds and smarter streets | The Optimist Daily
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Heat pumps can help clean up factories — and save lives
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How to listen like a therapist with four ways to build deeper connection and trust | The Optimist Daily
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Dublin expands car-free zones to improve bus travel and city life | The Optimist Daily
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Beyond the Grid: 3 U.S. Cities Reinventing Renewable Energy from the Ground Up
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An Easier Way to Get to Universal Health Care by Fran Korten — YES! Magazine
Now is the time to push for better health care. Here are three modest, winnable first steps.
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100% Carbon-Free Electricity is a Golden Opportunity for California
A proposed state bill calls for 100 percent carbon-free electricity in California by 2045.
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2.8 Million Stars Sparkle in This Incredible Image of the Milky Way
The Gaia star surveyor captured a densely packed area near the center of the galaxy
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The unprecedented drought that’s crippling Montana and North Dakota | Environment | The Guardian
It came without warning, and without equivalent. Now a flash drought is fueling fires and hurting the lives of those…
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Zika virus used to treat aggressive brain cancer – BBC News
The infection kills off cancerous cells and leaves healthy ones unharmed, animal studies show.
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Have a great shower while saving water and energy with Flow Loop
Flow Loop introduces a new closed loop shower that will bring back one of life’s little pleasures: a long hot…
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Hurricane Harvey Tests Limits of Federal Flood Insurance Program
Hurricane Harvey’s impact on the greater Houston region is offering another grim reminder: the federal government’s national flood insurance program,…
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Fair Cannabis?
For decades, workers have flocked to Northern California and Southern Oregon to work the fall cannabis harvest. Some are migrants…
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Scientists May Have Found Another Black Hole in the Milky Way
Astronomers have found evidence of a black hole hiding within the Milky Way