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Is Solar Cheaper Than Grid Electricity? Yes. And No.
The word “parity” is to the solar advocate as the word “abracadabra” is to the magician. Through it, all things are possible. But there’s really two kinds of solar parity with electricity prices, and the difference is significant. Take this article from Renewable Energy World last month. It claims that solar installations in New Mexico […]
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Seas may rise 10 yards during centuries ahead
Even if the world manages to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, the seas will rise five yards, scientists report in a new study.
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Gorgeous, super-rare cloud looks like a rainbow portal
It's a meteorological phenomenon produced by pure magic.
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Grist mix-a-lot: Readers create audio love letter to parks
We asked our park- and party-loving readers to share their favorite songs for chilling outside.
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Turf war: In the battle for our crops, superweeds are winning
The biotech companies told us that GMO crops would save us, but they’ve just created new monsters. Perhaps it’s time for a new approach.
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Ask Umbra: How can I become a farmer?
A reader wonders if he should bag his computer science degree and become a farmer instead. Umbra tells him to get back to his homework.
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Dangerous global warming could be reversed, say scientists
A combination of burning trees for energy and capturing and storing carbon dioxide could offset and even reverse emissions.
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A scientific storm is brewing over the hurricane-climate connection
A bombshell new paper says climate change might make the most destructive storms on Earth even more dangerous. But the findings are already being challenged.
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Tea Partiers fight over solar power in Georgia, and the solar fans win
A Koch-backed group didn't want a new solar mandate, but another set of Tea Partiers thinks energy diversity is a smart idea.
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Fracking industry cleanup workers exposed to benzene in Colorado, feds allege
Workers sent to clean up natural-gas liquid spilled by a plant that processes fracked gas near Parachute Creek, Colo., were exposed to cancer-causing chemicals.
