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This plane could lower carbon emissions — and give everyone a window seat
A design firm proposed a lighter airplane that may help lower carbon emissions for air travel.
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Will falling gas prices be bad for the climate?
Lower prices could have two negative effects: more gasoline burning and less investment in cleaner alternatives and technologies.
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There are still tons of BP oil on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico
A new study shows that cleanup efforts barely scratched the surface.
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How can we get power to the poor without frying the planet?
Nearly 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity, but bringing them up to a western level of consumption of fossil fuels will fry the planet. What's the ethical path forward?
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Is it better to crank up the thermostat or buy a space heater?
A reader wants to stay warm without wasting energy. Umbra turns up the heat.
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No, sorry, but Peru is not organic-food heaven
Peru may have banned GMOs, but the success it has seen in feeding its people has a lot more to do with smart economic policies.
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This man wants to stop America’s salad bowl from being fracked
From a military and engineering career to fighting fracking -- meet one of the most interesting candidates on the ballot in November.
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Environmentalists don’t like Europe’s new climate plan. Can Obama do better?
Oxfam and Greenpeace call out the new E.U. targets for being too low and unenforceable.
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Climate change makes us want to punch someone, says science
The National Bureau of Economic Research points out the connection between climate change and ... bar fights?
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Colorado’s fracking regulators aren’t regulating
People who reported fracking-related complaints to the authorities were frustrated by the lack of response, researchers found.
