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Could Waxman’s new bill offer fresh hope for a carbon tax?

Waxman and several other Democratic lawmakers are grinding out bills that would make polluters pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.

Tim McDonnell Climate & Energy

Another George Bush runs for office in Texas, talks up oil and gas drilling

George Prescott Bush, son of Jeb Bush, has kicked off a campaign to run for Texas land commissioner next year. Drill, baby Bush, drill!

Lisa Hymas Climate & Energy

The new SimCity: Green urbanist dream, gamer nightmare

Launched last week, the new game has been plagued by technical problems and claims that it has a secret green agenda.

Susie Cagle Culture

Catch shares help corporations more than fish populations

The system of transferable fishing quotas has been bad news for small-scale operations, and it might not be helping fish much either.

Susie Cagle Technology

Solar power set to shine in 2013

New solar generation capacity will increase about 14 percent this year, thanks to high demand in the U.S., Japan, and especially China.

John Upton Technology

Mississippi poised to pass ‘Anti-Bloomberg’ bill banning healthy food regs

The bill would bar local governments from enforcing calorie counts, portion restrictions, or other food reforms at restaurants.

Susie Cagle Food

Corn free: Cutting back on our dominant crop is easier said than done

The USDA tells farmers to decrease their risk by diversifying their crops. But when subsidies make corn so profitable, it's an uphill battle to change planting habits.

Tom Laskawy Technology

Eensy-beensy baby octopus is a teeny wee octopus-head, yes it is

This is by far the most adorable thing that also kind of looks like the results of picking your nose that we've ever seen.

Jess Zimmerman Culture

Where innovation advocates go wrong

Advocates of cleantech innovation make important points, but they miss the big picture if they think they're in competition with advocates of deployment.

David Roberts Technology

Chinese forests now just chopstick factories in waiting

The country produces 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks each year, and that's taking a toll on China's forests.