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Green tech incubator Greenstart ups its game
The company has traded in its accelerator program for a beefier venture capital strategy dedicated to well-designed cleantech.
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Climate change could mean seven times as many Katrinas
If only a fraction of predicted global warming happens, the East Coast could be in for a rough century.
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A cool new way climate change is killing bivalves
Mussels start losing their ability to attach themselves to rocks when oceans contain more carbon dioxide.
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Colorado wildfires get an early start this dry year
Wildfires aren't unheard of in Colorado in March, but two recent blazes have people worried about an early fire season in a drought-stricken state.
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Fastest-growing metro areas in U.S. are sprawling and water-challenged
Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and L.A. added the most residents from 2011 to 2012, according to new Census data.
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Louisiana pipeline fire, now extinguished, sickened residents
One out of every 10 residents of a nearby town say pollution from the pipeline accident and the resulting days-long fire made them sick.
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BP can bid on new Gulf drilling leases, but will it be allowed to drill?
After being barred from bidding on Gulf of Mexico drilling leases as punishment for the Deepwater Horizon spill, BP is now back in action -- kind of.
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You eat less if you know exactly how many miles you’ll have to walk to burn it off
A recent study shows little changes to menus can make a big difference to health outcomes.
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Obama: Let’s fund clean car technology with oil and gas royalties
The president wants to spend $2 billion over the next decade to research ways to power cars without oil, funded by offshore drilling royalties.
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Awesome 17-year-old geek wins $100,000 for her bedroom biofuel lab
Sara Volz's experiments with algae could create cheaper, more efficient biofuel.
