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Fiddling on the roof: Can $10 million in prize money spark a solar revolution?
The Department of Energy is offering a fat check to anyone who can cut the cost of installing solar panels. If Germany can do it, surely we can too.
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Why the climate bill failed: It’s not that simple
Theda Skocpol's report on the death of cap-and-trade says enviros "placed all their chips" on the inside game. The reality was far more complex -- and drawing the wrong lessons now would be tragic.
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California teams up with Amtrak on high-speed rail
Amtrak and the California High-Speed Rail Authority are joining together to purchase about 60 high-speed trains over the next 10 years.
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How to get absolutely freaking (almost) everywhere in California without a car
The California Rail Map is a subway map unlike no other.
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So much hope and so many problems for the L.A. river
After they tore down river wetlands, can the Army Corps be trusted to rebuild?
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If you want to pass climate legislation, fix U.S. politics
Cap-and-trade failed because U.S. politics is broken, among other reasons. Restoring democracy must be part of the road forward for climate hawks.
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Another Massey executive will go to jail for his role in the Upper Big Branch explosion
Former mine superintendent Gary May told a worker to deactivate an alarm shortly before the blast.
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European agency declares popular pesticide too dangerous for bees
The world's most widely used insecticide is unacceptable for use around bees, says a new report from Europe's food safety agency.
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Marcellus, N.Y., namesake of the Marcellus shale formation, bans fracking
A unanimous town board vote means that the namesake for the shale formation will never allow it to be fracked.
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Finally, you can display your love of public transit and show off your gams at the same time
The New York subway and your legs: a combination you probably never thought of, but now that it's been done it seems so obvious.
