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Alan Weisman

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    January 6, 2010

    "Paper Or Plastic": You Won't Be Hearing That In Brownsville Anymore

    ​Brownsville is never going to be confused with Portland, San Franciscio or some other bucolic tree-hugging liberal city, but it's home to just as many crunchy ecological activists as any yurt-living commune, apparently.Yesterday its version of the city council voted to ban merchants from usin ... More >>

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    October 18, 2007

    Get Lit: The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman

    ​Brownsville is never going to be confused with Portland, San Franciscio or some other bucolic tree-hugging liberal city, but it's home to just as many crunchy ecological activists as any yurt-living commune, apparently.Yesterday its version of the city council voted to ban merchants from usin ... More >>

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