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Comparing Residential Solar Ownership to a Solar Lease
If you’re in one of the larger solar markets in the country (California, New Jersey, etc) then “going solar” doesn’t mean going it alone. You can likely get a “zero money down” lease or some similar financing tool to reduce the upfront cost. But is it worthwhile? The following analysis, done for a friend in […]
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Climate silence: It’s the right, stupid
There's a lot being written about the absence of climate change from the presidential race. Blame the conservative movement's Obama-era lurch away from sanity.
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New York is rehabilitating criminals using bees
Prisoners are being taught the basics of beekeeping. The idea being, one supposes, that after they get out of jail they will start selling honey instead of drugs.
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Is this beluga really trying to talk like people?
This definitely sounds more like human speech than whalesong! Though it sounds more like a vuvuzela solo than either.
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This teen built his own tiny home so he could move out of his parents’ house
Austin Hay, 17, has finished building a 130-square-foot house that will keep him from needing a mortgage when he's not, you know, 17.
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2012 or 1988?
1988. That was the year of James Hansen’s now famous congressional testimony on climate change. It was also the first year that climate change came up in the presidential debate cycle. Chicago Tribune reporter Jon Margolis asked Vice Presidential candidates Lloyd Bentsen and Dan Quayle about climate change and fossil fuels. Both agreed that it […]
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The human cost of coal, in photos
Steve Hawk and Ami Vitale traveled to the mountains of West Virginia, small-town Michigan, and a reservation in Nevada to match human faces and stories with the cost of coal.
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Friday music blogging: Lord Huron
Seattle’s beautiful late summer season is finally over and the gray drizzle is back. It’s getting dark earlier. Flannel shirts are coming out of closets. Fireplace covers are being removed. As it happens, I recently stumbled across an artist that makes music practically custom designed for this season: Lord Huron.
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How to make Illinois into a clean-energy leader
Activists in Illinois are excited about ballot initiatives to let cities control their own electricity. But before those can make a positive difference, the state's renewable energy standard needs to be fixed.
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Dolphins can stay more or less awake for 15 days straight
Scientists have known for awhile that dolphins can stay awake by turning only half their brains to sleep mode. What they do not know is how long dolphins can keep this up.
