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cars on I-75 in Atlanta, which would be affected be the NEPA rollback
Revenge of Infrastructure Week

Trump administration guts cornerstone environmental law to hasten federal construction projects

Photo of Plus Pool Light, a cross-shaped bouy
Plus Pollution

Plus Pool floats a light sculpture to raise awareness of NYC’s water pollution problem

gowanus canal
Pollution Resolution

EPA rejects tunnel plan for Gowanus Canal cleanup, says tanks will happen

In Deep Water

Columbia professor Anthony Acciavatti on the technical engineering of India’s sacred river

Rendering of a plastic rock on the beach
Pop Rocks

T+E+A+M simulates natural processes to make spectacularly synthetic materials

Gowanus Gondolas

The Gowanus Canal is being cleaned up for the first time in its long, polluted life

Dire Omissions

Harvey’s danger lives on in the threat of petrochemical pollution

Explore this interactive map of the Gowanus Canal’s slightly scary microbiology

Triptyque unveils São Paulo’s minhocão garden viaduct plans

Oslo plans to make its city center free from cars in four years

Milan hops on the car-banning bandwagon with its own proposal to create zones of “pedestrian privilege”

Bike to work without the smog: the Clean Ride Mapper helps Canadian cyclists find quieter, less polluted bike routes

This Ocean Cleanup system runs virtually without power, hopes to clean up half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 10 years

A Watershed Moment: Floating LilyPads use nanotechnology to fight water pollution

Designed in Chicago, Made in China: Blair Kamin, Chicago designers mull Chinese urbanization

New Research Iniatives Examine How Vital Pollinators Function In Urban Areas

Chicago Mulls Zoning Changes To Ward Off Mountains of Petcoke

Fiber Dome Glows in Response to CO2 Levels in Saginaw, Michigan

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