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VIDEO: Adorable children thank you for using public transit

Some cuties are really thankful you took the subway today.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged bus, earth day, LIRR, long island railroad, mass transit, metro north, MTA, public transit, subway | Reply
Mayor Michael Bloomberg takes an electric car. (Courtesy: Mayor's Office)

City introduces first Nissan Leaf electric taxis

Six of the vehicles hit the streets today.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged earth day, electric car, electric taxi, Michael Bloomberg, nissan leaf | Reply
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer plants a tree this morning. (Courtesy Jimmy Van Bramer's Twitter)

Queens residents replant Sandy-damaged trees for Earth Day

Sandy-damaged streets will get new trees.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged city parks foundation, earth day, Hurricane Sandy, jimmy van bramer, sunnyside, trees, uprooted, woodside | Reply
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Welcome to 2043: How we’ll live our lives in 30 years

Welcome to 2043: How we’ll live our lives in 30 years

Posted in Lifestyle
Tagged earth day, Jaden Smith, life, Will Smith | Reply
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Melting point: 1,000 years in the future

In “After Earth,” the characters played by Will and Jaden Smith return to the Green Planet a thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humans to leave it.

Posted in Lifestyle
Tagged After Earth, Climate, earth day, Jaden Smith, Will Smith | Reply
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 11:  Actress Fran Drescher arrives at the 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Barbra Streisand held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 11, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Fran Drescher: “The responsibility lies with us”

The actress and activist is lending her support to the Carcinogen-Free Label Act.

Posted in Lifestyle, Wellbeing
Tagged cancer schmancer, carcinogen-free label act, Cleaning, earth day, family, fran drescher, health, lobbying, pesticides, regulation | Reply
Mark Ruffalo was a guest editor at Metro for Earth Day.

Mark Ruffalo: ‘Don’t frack New York’

The actor writes in Metro why he opposes fracking in New York.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged andrew cuomo, earth day, energy independence, fracking, mark ruffalo, natural gas, renewable energy | Reply
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PHOTOS: How cute animals save the planet

That’s right: cute animals can save the planet.

Posted in International
Tagged cute animals, earth day, environment, Panda Messiah, pandas, wildlife | Reply
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New York weighs options to prepare for next superstorm

Officials suggest new ideas to keep East Coast cities safe from storms.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged andrew cuomo, Columbia University, earth day, power grid, scott stringer, solar power, stanford university, superstorm sandy | Reply
These windows use Metro newspaper. (Courtesy of Anthropologie)

Bring a bit of green into a tiny home with a container garden

Here’s how to start your own mini-garden.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged apartment living, container garden, earth day, flowers, gardeng, gardening, green, herbs, vegetables | Reply
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