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A new British study says it should be world-class and free. Years ago, Alex Steffen wrote: There is a direct relationship between the kinds of places we live, the transportation choices we have, and how much we drive. The best car-related innovation we have is not to improve the car, but eliminate the need to drive it everywhere we go. We are seeing this play out in real time in California, which has more electric cars than any other state, but where tailpipe emissions continue to rise....

Spring has sprung with a vengeance. Most of us simply dust off the neti pot or load up on Benadryl during allergy season. It’s a little harder for dogs with environmental allergies to avoid the elements. Handling their business outside isn’t a choice — it’s a necessity. Fortunately, our experts offer cool tips to help keep hot spots and doggy surgical masks at bay during allergy season. Watch for allergy symptoms...

James Gunn, co-CEO of DC Studios, has taken to social media to address multiple comments from fans regarding studio meddling in the new DC Universe (DCU).As Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) preps for four new DC movies to hit theaters in 2023, Gunn has shared some of what he and his partner Peter Safran are planning for the future, making waves through the fandom. This includes the announcement of Superman: Legacy, The Brave and The Bold, and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow....

During Marvel Studios’ Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, studio head Kevin Feige confirmed that the MCU’s Phase 5 will end with a unique team-up effort in Thunderbolts. This sets up a golden opportunity for a number of prominent antiheroes to make their return, including 2021 newcomer Wyatt Russell as John Walker. Russell first made his mark as the MCU’s new Captain America in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier after his father, Kurt Russell, also took the villain route as Ego in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Spider-Man: No Way Home is Tom Holland’s third solo adventure in the MCU, and it seems that this movie will be a unique entry to his superhero resume. The threequel’s narrative will reintroduce villains from previous Spider-Man movies, and one of them is Alfred Molina’s Doctor Otto Octavius from Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man 2. Molina was the first villain confirmed to return in No Way Home after he outright shared his casting in a previous interview....

The Suicide Squad is merely days away, a film that fans have been excited about for quite some time. When it was announced that Warner Bros. had gotten James Gunn on board, there was hope that the franchise could be turned around. After his work on Guardians of the Galaxy, the odds of a successful movie were pretty high. In fact, critics have already seen the film. Not only has it initially gotten positive reactions, the film still holds an incredible rating on Rotten Tomatoes....

The CW being put on sale by WarnerMedia and Paramount has placed some Arrowverse shows in danger of being canceled. Although Grant Gustin’s The Flash and Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman & Lois have been already renewed by the network, things are not looking good for Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow. As a result, the DC TV franchise seems to be experiencing its biggest challenge yet. The Javicia Leslie-led series has recently wrapped its third season early this year, with the show ending on a cliffhanger that clearly teases another run in the 2022-2023 TV slate....

Warning — This article contains spoilers for WandaVision. Following weeks of questions surrounding WandaVision’s big bad, “Breaking the Fourth Wall” finally broke the silence on the series’ mysterious villain. ADVERTISEMENT For the time being, Mephisto it is not, as Agatha Harkness took center stage after masquerading as Wanda’s nosy neighbor Agnes up until now. It seems that the reveal was telegraphed from the beginning, especially considering that Agnes has been living in the same witchy household from the ’60s sitcom Bewitched....

There are several types of well-known tornadoes — waterspouts, snowspouts and supercell tornadoes come to mind — but the landspout is unique because it borders the line between a full-blown tornado and a dust devil. A meteorologist named Howard B. Bluestein dubbed these twisters landspouts in 1985. Their formation and overall look resemble a waterspout, except that they form on land or on a surface where winds are converging. These types of tornadoes have flat bases and a fluffy, cotton-like appearance....

You don’t want it in your life. Do everything to avoid it. One of TreeHugger’s top-performing posts in 2017 was about Swedish death cleaning. This is a curious Scandinavian ritual that involves slowly but steadily purging one’s belongings, starting in middle age, so as to lessen the burden on one’s family following death. The fact that this post did so extraordinarily well speaks to our culture’s confusion about dealing with clutter....

Grand feats of architecture are staples of history’s great civilizations. From the fabled Tower of Babel to the Acropolis and the Taj Mahal, massive architectural endeavors have always made their mark on history. Modern civilization is no different, as it seems every few years a new building is constructed that competes for the world’s largest or tallest. The largest buildings built today are so massive that they dwarf the largest structures of the past — thanks to the cumulative pace of architectural innovation....

Avengers 5 star Jonathan Majors (aka Marvel Studios’ Kang the Conqueror), teased a Thor vs. Kang battle in the MCU’s future. After appearing in last year’s Loki, Major is primed for his proper Marvel Studios debut as the MCU’s primary “Multiversal threat,” Kang the Conqueror. Kang will play a major role in the forthcoming Marvel Studios epic, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, before going on to wreak havoc across the franchise, with an Avengers film sporting his name already on the docket in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty....

The world of DC is expected to have a big year. The Batman has already seen great success at the worldwide box office, and other films such as Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam and League of Superpets are set to be released in the next few months. However, one movie that will explore a character in the Bat-family will be heading straight to HBO Max and is expected to release in December - Leslie Grace’s Batgirl....

Trudeau doesn’t seem to understand what ‘climate emergency’ means. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is riding a rollercoaster of public opinion these days. Many Canadians were pleased with the House of Commons’ declaration of a climate emergency on Monday, a motion put forward by Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna that follows in the footsteps of several Canadian cities. As the CBC reported, this declaration requires that Trudeau ‘reassured’ Canadians that every dollar made from the pipeline will be used to invest in unspecified clean energy projects....

Chadwick Boseman’s death in 2020 came as an intense shock for the MCU fandom, as did the reveal that he secretly battled cancer during his entire time with Marvel Studios, but it hit no one harder than the actor’s wife.As fans look forward to the upcoming release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in November, the moment is quite bittersweet with Boseman’s memory at the forefront of everybody’s minds. With the Black Panther actor’s cancer battle being a complete surprise to both fans and the studio, his death became even more heartbreaking as those watching saw his dedication to his craft....

Phase 4 of the MCU is filled with as many new projects in one slate as were in the entire Infinity Saga combined, with seemingly more coming at every turn. News broke less than a week ago concerning development for Captain America 4 after the conclusion of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+; fans are also still abuzz about the rumors from March about the X-Men arriving in The Mutants....

Disney and Marvel Studios have turned their attention to this summer’s Thor: Love and Thunder, which just officially started its promotional tour after an excruciating wait. The follow-up to comedy expert Taika Waititi’s first solo MCU effort is now the talk of the town after its first trailer debuted to the public, showing how Thor and his allies jump back into the fray for their next adventure. The first trailer for Love and Thunder quickly became a hit, easily joining the top 10 most-viewed trailers in history and becoming the fifth-best for Marvel Studios alone after the last two Avengers films and Spider-Man: No Way Home....

Images credit DesignBuildBLUFF While researching The Trombe Wall: Low Tech Solar Design Makes A Comeback I stumbled over the work of DesignBuildBLUFF, the principal mission of which is to “design and build safe, sustainable off-grid homes for needy families living on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation in the four corners region located just outside of Bluff, UT. " The Dora and Baxter Benally home employs hand-made earthen brick, cork, and a river rock passive solar trombe wall....

This week I toured Chalet Nursery and Garden Center in Wilmette, Illinois. As part of the tour we visited a couple of gardens of their North Shore clients and I got to see how the well-to-do garden. While you and I may not be able to afford to have landscape architects and a landscaping crew on retainer, there’s no reason gardeners in the 99% can’t plant spectacular fall container gardens....

Fed up with the disposable culture we all live in, two women from Portland, Oregon, founded a low-waste company to help the entire city cut back on plastic. When I think of where most of the single-use plastic is lurking in my home, the kitchen and the bathroom are high on the list of notable offenders. I’ve cut way back on online shopping, buy secondhand when I can, don’t purchase meat, and am researching how to compost dog poop in my backyard, but keeping my dishes clean and my sweaters fur-free is tough without dishwashing liquid or lint rollers....