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In the Gulf, a long history of oil spills and cover-ups
When the Deepwater Horizon spewed millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, we were horrorstruck. But wait, there’s more …
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One nuke plant in Wisconsin will shutter, another in California might not be switched back on
Low-priced natural gas doomed the Wisconsin plant, while maintenance problems plague the San Onofre nuke facility along the Pacific coast.
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Beware: Rough wildfire season ahead
Firefighters are bringing a blaze in the Santa Monica Mountains under control, but many more such fires are expected in the West this year.
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Phone-charging, wifi-providing, levitating bike is one of the coolest concept bicycles we’ve seen
It charges. It hovers. It has batteries. It's a bike. It's a miracle.
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Canadian tar-sands exec: ‘We do need Keystone’
Contrary to what the U.S. State Department says, the head of an oil-sands company insists that the industry needs the pipeline to help it expand.
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Watch this video and you will never need to waste an apple core again
All those times you ended an apple with a spitty, chewed-up core in your hand could have been avoided.
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Is Obama the ‘environmental president’?
Some folks are upset about Jonathan Chait's column in New York magazine arguing that Obama is making real progress on climate change. I think Chait mostly gets it right.
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This cellphone charger runs on water
Soon, you will be able to charge your cell with water. Oh, and this contraption that costs like 200 bucks.
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The Recycled Orchestra is heartwarming and also a little depressing, maybe?
The Recycled Orchestra teaches kids to play instruments made of trash. Which is awesome, even if some of the messaging makes us kind of uncomfortable.
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The Making of a New Midwestern Solar Energy Standard
Last week, a solar energy standard moved one step closer to passage in the Minnesota state legislature, with an innovative new approach to financing solar power. It’s a powerful first step for what would be one of the more robust policies to support distributed, local solar power in the country. The policy has three key […]
