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Wind Surpasses Nuclear in China
By J. Matthew Roney Wind has overtaken nuclear as an electricity source in China. In 2012, wind farms generated 2 percent more electricity than nuclear power plants did, a gap that will likely widen dramatically over the next few years as wind surges ahead. Since 2007, nuclear power generation has risen by 10 percent annually, […]
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BP thinks people are still kind of overreacting to the Gulf oil spill
The media push by BP's lead attorney has one goal: make the company pay out as little as possible.
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How one fracking company bullies residents and elected officials alike
As one local official notes, Range Resources does nothing to "avoid the perception of the big-bad-bully oil company."
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With the Kickstand desk, you never have to leave your bike, even for work
If you love biking so much that the idea of getting off your bike to do work makes your stomach curl just a little bit, here is your solution.
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American energy infrastructure at risk from hackers in China and elsewhere
A report highlighted by the New York Times emphasizes the risks our nation faces as its systems move online.
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New whale species discovered under highway
Four newly uncoverd skulls belong to "four newly identified species of toothed baleen whale -- a type of whale that scientists thought had gone extinct 5 million years earlier."
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Climate change means more blizzards but less snow, which confuses people apparently
The media, of course, played up the apparent contradiction instead of the science.
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Disappearing packaging could save 70 million tons of waste a year
Packaging, be gone. We have had enough of you. But more importantly, so has an intrepid grad student.
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At climate rally, some signs of fraying in a movement’s big tent
Sunday's climate rally was the biggest yet. As the movement keeps growing, can it hold onto both its moderate marchers and its risk-taking radicals?
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Rental jeans let you cover your butt without the commitment
Don't endure the torture of buying a pair of jeans and keeping them forever! Just lease them!
