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States promise to sell one new EV for every 24 people by 2025
Eight state governments are pledging to improve charging infrastructure.
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Coal-plant owner offers to wash cars after spewing ash over city
The utility will pay to clean vehicles, but not houses, yards, or anything else. It claims coal ash is nothing to worry about. Enviros say au contraire.
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Federal solar auction flops in Colorado
The feds tried to auction off the rights to build solar projects on public land in Colorado on Thursday, but nobody bid.
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Stow your cargo in this bike’s hollow front wheel
David Hotard literally reinvented the wheel to create a bike with a car-inspired “trunk.”
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The week in GIFs: Sex strikes, spiders, and smog vacuums
This week was a test of your incredulity meter.
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Could this glow-in-the-dark road coating replace streetlights?
Solar road coating Starpath is anti-slip and non-reflective, so basically the only thing it can’t do is beam you into another world.
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Is DDT a time-bomb behind the obesity epidemic?
Inject rats with DDT, and three generations later their descendants are obese. A new study raises questions about the insecticide's long-term impact on humans.
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Repeat after me: There’s no such thing as energy independence
The U.S. will likely be the world's top oil producer this year, but we're still hugely dependent on the rest of the world for our energy supplies.
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Barnacles are accidentally eating our plastic trash
Scientists discovered microplastic in one third of gooseneck barnacles hanging out in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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India blocking efforts to save planet from climate-killing air conditioners
Has India tossed out the Kama Sutra and come up with another way of screwing the world?
