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Can a Fair Price for Solar Energy Win Over Utilities?
In March 2014, Minnesota became the first state to adopt a “value of solar” policy to set a fair, transparent price on solar energy. It may serve as a national precedent and fundamentally change the financial relationship between electric utilities and their energy-producing customers. So what will value of solar mean for utility customers producing […]
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Forget cows — people are now going Smart car tipping
The prank seems merely silly on the surface, but it could actually point to underlying class-based tension in one of America’s most spendy cities.
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10 places to visit before they’re gone: A bucket list for a warming world
Making summer vacation plans? Here's your list of must-visit places that may not be places for much longer.
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The journal that gave in to climate deniers
Frontiers in Psychology pulled a peer-reviewed paper about climate deniers being more likely to believe in conspiracy theories.
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Watch commuters live your public transit nightmare as they avoid a rat in a subway car
You shouldn't let this keep you from using public transit, but we'd understand if you avoided open-toed shoes for a while.
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As if the ozone hole weren’t enough, now there’s a hole in the troposphere
This is like the planet having a hole in its undershirt. We need a sewing kit or a better planetary antiperspirant or both.
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EVs are getting fake engine sounds, because they’re so quiet it’s dangerous
Hybrids and EVs actually ARE more likely to hit cyclists and pedestrians because they're so quiet.
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Eating road kill: Yuck or yum?
There's nothing more viscerally off-putting than road kill. But could it actually be the way forward for sustainable meat?
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Brits may ban new onshore wind power
Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron thinks he can win votes by restricting onshore wind energy. To avoid being called anti-green, he may commit to more solar and offshore wind.
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Fancy new sustainable cement is made of old busted toilets
What happens when your crapper becomes a piece of crap? Hopefully it gets turned into sustainable concrete.
