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Articles by John Lorinc

Environment

Before the Flood

Can sea barriers save New York from global warming’s perfect storm?

Urban Planning

The Aging City

Can the urban spaces handle legions of retiring boomers?

National Magazine Award Nominee

Driven to Distraction

How our multi-channel, multi-tasking society is making it harder for us to think. NMA nominee: Science, Technology & the Environment

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Rock Bottom

Rock Bottom

With the seas nearly barren, should Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, settle for selling the earth? NMA Silver Medal: Still-life Photography, Russell Monk; NMA Nominee: Investigative Reporting, Noah Richler

From the archives: November 2004

Rough Justice

Illegal diamonds are the prize. But death in the Amazon rainforest is the price, as Indians, Brazilian miners, and a mysterious third party fight over the richest deposit in South America.

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