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The era of energy dinosaurs is coming to an end
The big, slow-moving dinosaurs of the energy world face increasing competition from a swarm of smaller, fast-moving mammals. Energy companies will update their strategies for a changing world, or they will perish.
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Subway ‘flight attendants’ give lucky train riders snacks, blankets, and their best commute ever
Improv Toronto brought the perks of air travel to subway commuters.
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Drought is taking a toll on the Texas beef industry
Cargill is shutting down a beef processing plant in response to epic drought, and that's causing lots of trouble for one West Texas town.
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ExxonMobil wins and regular folks lose in $1 billion pollution ruling
ExxonMobil just made a billion bucks without having to drill or sell an ounce of oil.
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‘Peer-to-peer’ lending cuts out the Wall Street middlemen
Social lending outfits allow you to loan money to actual humans, providing a leg up for people who really need one.
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Former Trader Joe’s CEO: Let them eat cake — as long as it’s cake we weren’t going to eat ourselves
Doug Rauch is starting a store where poor people can buy the stuff rich people didn't want to eat.
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Beijing’s smog is so bad it can hide a 1,000-foot skyscraper
This was an unusually bad day in Beijing air quality -- pollution levels were off the charts by 6 a.m.
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Creepy scientists give tadpole eyes on the back of its body
Usually we don't go around calling people mad scientists, but this is definitely edging into that territory.
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Sequestration would be bad news for clean energy and a clean environment
Under looming mandatory budget cuts, polluters would win, you would lose, and Mother Earth would cop yet another blow.
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Chinese IKEA fans: ‘Oh please, our meatballs have WAY worse stuff than horse’
In China, those Ikea meatballs are made locally, which probably means they’ve got much worse ingredients than a little bit of Black Beauty.
