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This Texas solar farm uses sheep for its landscaping needs
Move over, weed-eating goats: The municipal power company in San Antonio, Texas, has enlisted a flock of sheep to help keep its grounds clear.
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Thanks to the fracking boom, we’re wasting more money than ever on fossil fuel subsidies
Because oil and gas production has soared, so has the value of various tax breaks for the industry.
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Eden Foods hit by backlash for fighting Obamacare’s contraception mandate
Angry customers are organizing boycotts, signing petitions, and pushing Whole Foods to stop carrying Eden products.
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Hackers hack monster burritos down to sensible size
A food-and-tech hackathon team figures out how Chipotle could encourage customers to downsize their burritos and still feel like they're getting a good deal.
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Ask Umbra: What’s a girl to do with soap that’s full of plastic microbeads?
A reader says she's stuck with some unwanted exfoliant. Umbra helps her shed a few bottles of bubbles.
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With Dov Charney gone, these are the only clothes made by dangerous animals
Lions, tigers, and bears (oh my!) are ripping into the fashion world, one pair of jeans at a time.
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Inside Yingli, the giant Chinese solar company sponsoring the World Cup
You've seen their logos on the sidelines, now get a peak inside the company trying to transform the world.
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“Snowpiercer” is cli-fi with no science in it. We need more films like it.
Does "Snowpiercer" herald an age of well-made sci-fi where climate change is the Big Bad of choice?
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Is the carbon bubble about to bust? One unlikely pundit thinks so
In the conservative Daily Telegraph, a business journalist warns the fossil fuel industry that solar is going to eat its lunch.
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New shipping channel will carry natural gas through the Arctic
Japan and China want to buy gas from Siberia, so shipping companies are going to take a shortcut through melting ice.
