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Who will serve on Obama’s second-term green team?
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire could head up EPA. L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa could become transportation secretary. Who else? Find out.
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U.S. coal continues its slow fade to black
Production is down 9 percent from 2011. And coal folks are not particularly optimistic about next year either.
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Oil spill art project makes oil seem to flow uphill
Matt Kenyon's art installation seems to defy gravity.
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Scientists make LEDs 55 percent more efficient by copying from fireflies
Turns out, fireflies and LEDs have to overcome a similar problem.
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Coral fights back against warming seas
Most of the news on coral reefs is pretty gloomy. But new genetic research shows we shouldn't write off these embattled sea critters just yet.
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New rule specifies that electric cars must go VROOOOOM
"Quiet cars" would have to emit some sort of sound when they move slower than 18 miles per hour.
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China’s Rising Soybean Consumption Reshaping Western Agriculture
By Lester R. Brown Global demand for soybeans has soared in recent decades, with China leading the race. Nearly 60 percent of all soybeans entering international trade today go to China, making it far and away the world’s largest importer. The soybean was domesticated some 3,000 years ago by farmers in eastern China. But it […]
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Giant squid, caught on film for the first time ever, is beautiful and TERRIFYING
The scientists who took the footage basically couldn't believe what was happening.
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Sea-level rise could be way, way worse than we already thought
Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica could push sea levels up more than three feet by 2100, according to a survey of top glaciologists.
