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    China's Building an Ultra-Modern Car-Free City from Scratch
    China is building an ultra-modern car-free city that'll house 80,000 people in "high-rise core housing". It's entirely walkable and surrounded by green space. It's designed to use less water, create less waste, and generate less carbon dioxide than a normal city.
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    On October 28, 2013, wind power provided 100% of Denmark's power. At 2:00am, it was producing 122% of the country's energy needs.
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    "PornHub Gives America Wood" Campaign Planted 15,473 Trees
    PornHub planted 15,473 trees in honor of their "PornHub Gives America Wood" environmental campaign.
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    Ecosia
    Ecosia
    Ecosia is a search engine that helps to save the environment by donating 80% of its income to planting trees in Brazil.
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    Jadav Payeng
    Jadav Payeng
    At 17 years old, an Indian man named Jadav Payeng started planting trees on a barren sandbar. At age 47, he lives in his own 1360 acre forest which now houses rhinos, tigers, deer, apes and elephants.
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    China Afforrestation
    China Afforrestation
    In 1981, the Chinese government passed a resolution that makes it a duty of every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least one tree per year.
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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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    A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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