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Truly Green Beer This St. Patrick’s Day

Many breweries have stepped up their efforts to limit the negative environmental effects of brewing beer. Steam Whistle Pilsner has earned praise from many an environmentalist for their progressive ...
March 17th, 2010
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Vancouver Safe Injection Site Survives

Vancouver's Insite is the first safe injection site in North America. The project has been shown to reduce public drug use, needle sharing, littering, and increase addiction treatment. The Canadian ...
March 15th, 2010
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Pavement to Parks

Major cities like SF and NYC are beginning to realize they could do with a few less roads and parking lots -- and they're doing something about it. In San Francisco, ...
March 11th, 2010
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Google Adds Bike Directions to Google Maps

The League of American Bicyclists has announced that Google has added bicycling directions to their US maps! Unveiled at the National Bike Summit, the bike feature will have cycling ...
March 10th, 2010
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