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This cool graph of Instagrams shows the moment NYC blacked out during Sandy
As the storm gets serious, you can see a dark wedge that continues through time to 10:23 p.m. And at 10:23 there’s a sharp line -- that’s a power outage.
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U.K. throws party for world’s biggest offshore wind farm
In the Thames Estuary, 175 turbines are providing enough electricity to power nearly 500,000 homes.
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Biofuel program could invite giant grass invasion
American farmers can now start growing humongous 20-foot-tall grasses to produce biofuel under a federal clean energy program.
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Climb this building without ever leaving the ground
The artist commissioned to create this work, Leandro Erlich, has a thing for "spaces with fluid and unstable boundaries."
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This guy went on an insane run in 129-degree heat — dressed as Darth Vader
You underestimate the power of the dark side and a large Red Bull.
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Pepsi: Cancer for a new generation?
Pepsi still contains caramel coloring that has been shown to cause cancer in rats, more than a year after it promised a national phaseout.
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Ice cream delivery via bike means your summer just got better
Oh, hello. Did you want a month's worth of artisanal ice cream delivered to your doorstep?
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“Pandora’s Promise” and “Switch” raise the right issues but get nuclear wrong
The two new films promote massive changes in the U.S. energy economy. It's too bad they draw the wrong conclusions on nuclear power.
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Republicans are happy to help corporate ag, but feed the hungry? Not so much
The GOP wants food stamps out of the farm bill, because they love farm subsidies, but can do without poor people, thank you very much.
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Happy 4th! George Washington didn’t need coal and neither do you
We're not saying we should go back to burning only wood. But once, all the way back in 1776, we were free of fossil fuels -- and we could be again.
