April 2010
13 posts
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“Q: What about the growing sense of skepticism or uncertainty among a lot of...”
– Climate negotiator Christiana Figueres, to the New York Times
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“Admittedly Texas is part of a larger and more destructive madness that will...”
– Roy Edroso, “Where I’m Calling From, Part 3”
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“reptiles
— America called “head of the snake” by Bin Ladin, 54, 59,...”
– Toward an Index of the 9/11 Comission Report | n+1
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In Dallas, a Community Transforms a Street →
“We’ve got the first complete street in Dallas…. It didn’t cost millions of dollars. We didn’t have to hire consultants from other faraway places to make this happen. It took us a day. And all we did was slow the street down. We made room for everybody. For cars, for people, for bicyclists.… We’ve changed the psychology of the street.”
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How global warming might influence volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis.
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“Economics, urban planning, ecology are only the means. Happiness is the goal.”
– Bogotá ex-mayor Enrique Peñalosa, in Jay Walljasper’s profile “Can We Design Cities for Happiness?”
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“What is worrisome about America today is the combination of cutbacks in higher...”
– Tom Friedman, “Start-Ups, Not Bailouts”
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