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New Jersey Environmental Agency Accuses Itself of Harming Bird Habitats
A construction project meant to improve conditions for the American woodcock has worsened them for the barred owl and the…
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The Next Hot Housing Market Is Out of This World. It’s in the Metaverse.
Despite the implosion of FTX and projections of a cryptocurrency winter, the metaverse real estate market is expected to grow…
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‘It’s Our Central Park’: Uproar Rises Over Location of New Toronto Homes
A plan to build 50,000 homes in a protected green space surrounding Toronto has led to strident opposition and debate…
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Golf Course or Housing? A Patch of Green Divides Hong Kong
The dispute over the city’s golf club exposes rare political friction for the elite in the new Hong Kong, where…
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Baghdad Loses Green Space to Real Estate Boom
BAGHDAD — Along the highway in the Dora suburb of Baghdad, the decapitated trunks of dead date palm trees rise…
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Making Farms Organic Is Paying Off
I talked by phone on Thursday with Garrett Mussi as he was driving around 1,000 acres in California’s San Joaquin…
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In Affordable Housing v. Parking Lot, a Judge Chooses the Lot
A recent court ruling put a stop on a high-rise planned for the South Street Seaport, pitting preservation against housing…
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Is Australia Day Approaching a Tipping Point?
A majority of Australian adults under 35 support changing the date from Jan. 26.
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‘The Place Where Shamans Dream’: Safeguarding Spirit Mountain
On a clear Saturday in November, I drove an hour south from my apartment in Las Vegas to reach the…
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The Defenders of the Amazon Never Wanted to be Martyrs
What I’d heard of a little Brazilian town on the eastern edge of the Amazon had prepared me for the…
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