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Hybrid cabs and the cab of the future

Hybrid cabs and the cab of the future

Hybrid taxicabs are on the rise in NYC, but their growth is limited

At 1:30 in the afternoon in New York City’s East Village, First Avenue becomes a blacktopped river banked by the bright yellow bodies of taxicabs. The cabs line up bumper-to-bumper: wide-hipped Crown Victorias, snub-nosed Priuses and boxy Escapes. More…

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Reconstructing a disaster

Reconstructing a disaster

A government report digs deeper into the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion

Climate Mash 2011

Climate Mash 2011

Six years after Bobby Pickett wrote “Climate Mash,” the world’s environmental challenges are still frightening

Assorted beautiful trees in NYC. [Image credit: Madeleine Johnson]

Speaking for the trees!

A list of tree-related news and events

Test-tube conservation

Test-tube conservation

Will emerging technologies save imperiled wildlife?

Paint the town white

Paint the town white

Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza and the White Roof Project

Rising above modern technology

Rising above modern technology

The weather balloon

Enter at your own risk

Enter at your own risk

Raw sewage plagues New York City’s waterways