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Free Transit For All?

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:35:07 -0500

Erica Barnett: A group called the Nurture Nature Foundation, founded by New York labor lawyer and negotiator Ted Kheel, will soon release a study showing how...

Wired, Backstories and the Winnowing of Green Media

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:51:04 -0500

Alex Steffen: Chris Anderson, of Wired, made some bold claims the other day. He looked at Wired's activities, and claimed that it was more sustainable to publish...

Western States Lead the Way On Emissions

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:30:55 -0500

Erica Barnett: There are some great state and local ideas in the works to reduce transportation emissions in the United States, and they're moving forward, increasingly,...

DRM on Music Falls: Paving Information's Rocky Road to Freedom

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:27:34 -0500

Craig Neilson: Sony BMG have moved to sell some of their music catalog as digital files without digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. The notable change here is...

Indian Women Form Political Party; the Year in Indian Women's Health

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:04:31 -0500

Erica Barnett: Deepali Gaur Singh over at RHReality Check has a roundup of the past year's news in Indian women's health, and--as might be expected--it's a...

Biking for Development in Cambodia

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:11:28 -0500

Mara Hvistendahl: It started simply enough. In early 2005, Daniela Papi was finishing up a three-year stint as a English teacher in Japan and looking for a...