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Saturday, June 07, 2025

New York City greenlights congestion pricing – here’s how this toll plan is expected to improve traffic, air quality and public transit

Traffic entering and leaving midtown Manhattan via the Queensboro Bridge over the East River. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

New York City is poised to launch the first congestion pricing plan to reduce traffic in a major U.S. metropolitan area. Like many

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Coastal wetlands can’t keep pace with sea-level rise, and infrastructure is leaving them nowhere to go

Wetlands at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland shows signs of 'pitting,' where areas of cordgrass have converted to open water. Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program via Wikimedia, CC BY-NC

Wetlands have flourished along the world’s coastlines for

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Happier, more connected neighborhoods start right in the front yard

A front lawn can be a canvas for kitsch, elegance and everything in between. Jeff Hutchens/Getty Images

A salve for America’s loneliness epidemic could exist right in front of its homes.

Front yards are a staple of many American neighborhoods. Lush

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What causes earthquakes in the Northeast, like the magnitude 4.8 that shook New Jersey? A geoscientist explains

A map of earthquakes over the past century. The large orange dot was a magnitude 4.8 on April 5, 2024. USGS

It’s rare to feel earthquakes in the U.S. Northeast, so the magnitude 4.8 earthquake in New Jersey that shook buildings in New York City and

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