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Shredding the streets of DC
Tue, Feb 09 2010 at 8:40 AM EST

Watch a snowboarder rip up the snowy streets of our nation's capital while being towed behind a car.

Links to start off your week
Mon, Feb 08 2010 at 4:02 PM EST

Aerogel hits the insulation market; Portland, Maine, is getting a new biker- and pedestrian-friendly bridge; the Bob Barker and a Japanese factory ship collide; and is green business really like teen sex?

7 amazing examples of biomimicry
Mon, Feb 08 2010 at 2:30 PM EST

Inefficiency doesn't last long in nature. As a result, human engineers and designers often look to Mother Nature for solutions to modern problems.

The Sunday Best covers winter biking
Mon, Feb 08 2010 at 12:33 PM EST

Hear about the challenges of winter biking on The Sunday Best, a local Maine photography and audio documentary project.

In Utah, company aims to store energy in air
Mon, Feb 08 2010 at 12:24 PM EST

Private equity group bankrolls a project to hollow out a series of energy storage vaults from a massive salt deposit to create a repository for storing energy.

New federal climate change agency forming
Mon, Feb 08 2010 at 11:50 AM EST

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will set up the new Climate Service to operate in tandem with NOAA's National Weather Service and National Ocean Service.

Haiti protesters denounce aid corruption
Mon, Feb 08 2010 at 9:23 AM EST

Aid agencies from around the world have moved tons of rice and food into Haiti, but distribution to the hungry and homeless have been slow and chaotic.

Mid-Atlantic digs out of snow
Mon, Feb 08 2010 at 8:49 AM EST

Icy storms hold the capital hostage, closing government offices on Monday in addition to halting plane, train and car traffic.

Media Mayhem: Poison is healthy. Dirty is clean.
Mon, Feb 08 2010 at 7:37 AM EST

Ah, the contradictions of corporations trying to look presentable at the green party. Here are 5 to consider.

Smarter farming key to saving Amazon rain forest
Mon, Feb 08 2010 at 12:00 AM EST

Getting farmers to rotating crops, timber and cattle could increase productivity of the land and slow deforestation.

Eco-groups withdraw support of California oil drilling
Sun, Feb 07 2010 at 4:03 PM EST

Environmental organizations like the Sierra Club are withdrawing support for an agreement they fear may end the moratorium against off-shore drilling.

Scant Arctic ice could mean summer 'double whammy'
Sun, Feb 07 2010 at 4:02 PM EST

Region helps cool the rest of the planet, but this winter's temperatures are not dipping as low as usual.

MNN week in review: Tea parties and long train rides
Sat, Feb 06 2010 at 5:00 AM EST

Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6.

Flaking out: How snow forms
Fri, Feb 05 2010 at 4:30 PM EST

As snow bombards the U.S. this winter, MNN takes a look at how Mother Nature produces something so delicate and so dangerous.

Gas drilling in Appalachia yields a foul byproduct
Fri, Feb 05 2010 at 2:40 PM EST

Technique known as fracking produces huge amount of briny wastewater that water treatment plants aren't equipped to process.

6 great environmental pranks
Fri, Feb 05 2010 at 11:42 AM EST

Never underestimate the power of a good prank, especially when big business or big government is the victim.

Few remain as Pennsylvania coal town fire still burns
Fri, Feb 05 2010 at 10:40 AM EST

State officials are now trying to complete the demolition of Centralia, even as dozens of holdouts refuse to leave.

To cool global meltdown, G7 heads deep into Arctic
Thu, Feb 04 2010 at 6:23 PM EST

Canada plans to hold the upcoming G-7 meeting in the freezing Arctic, in hopes of proving its sovereignty over the area.

Vancouver gets climate-change bronze
Thu, Feb 04 2010 at 5:28 PM EST

Canadian environmental group applauds Olympic city's efforts, but says more could have been done to offset Games' impact.

Question resurfaces: Why not bury power lines?
Thu, Feb 04 2010 at 2:36 PM EST

Another Oklahoma snowstorm knocks out power as utilities revisit how best to protect power lines.

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