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Carbon offsets plan stirs up controversy in California
Californian companies will soon be able to buy carbon offsets to fulfill up to 8 percent of their required greenhouse gas reductions.
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Is this plankton-based feast the future of food?
Humans really will eat anything.
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Apartments built inside wind turbines make living in the middle of the ocean seem even cooler
Two architects working in a Bulgarian studio imagined where offshore turbine workers might live.
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A Tea Party leader explains why she’s teaming up with the Sierra Club to push for solar power
Georgia will soon be producing a lot more solar energy because of an unusual coalition. Now it has a name: the Green Tea Coalition.
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Human family justifies its existence by saving a dolphin
International Dolphin Watch, for what it's worth, doesn't recommend that you move a stranded dolphin.
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600 Investors in South Dakota’s Premier Community Wind Project
In this episode of Local Energy Rules, ILSR’s Director of Democratic Energy, John Farrell, speaks to Brian Minish, CEO of South Dakota Wind Partners about a community wind project that attracted over 600 local investors. The project was the brainchild of four state organizations rooted in rural South Dakota–the East River Electric Cooperative, South Dakota […]
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Buzzkill: Your Iron Man jetpack is killing fish
There’s nothing lamer than a superhero who gets stuck in a traffic jam, but the jetpack has gotta go.
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How do we use energy at home?
An animated look at how consumer habits have changed over the years.
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Ask Umbra: Will the kids be OK?
Parents fret about toxic sofas, plastic toys, and wet nappies. Umbra calls a timeout.
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How much energy does the U.S. use?
An animated guide to the different energy sources that power our nation.
