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U.S. coal continues its slow fade to black
Production is down 9 percent from 2011. And coal folks are not particularly optimistic about next year either.
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Solar crowdfunding project Mosaic sells out in under 24 hours
A new Kickstarter-style service that makes it easy to invest in rooftop solar arrays has already sold out of shares in its public projects.
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Oil spill art project makes oil seem to flow uphill
Matt Kenyon's art installation seems to defy gravity.
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Soon you’ll be able to drive an electric car from Boston to D.C. with almost no recharging time
Range anxiety no more. Tesla is installing two high-powered charging stations in Connecticut and Delaware.
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Keystone protesters take the fight to TransCanada offices
Activists mobilized on Monday at TransCanada offices in Houston and Westborough, Mass. Next up: big protests in D.C. and New England.
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Australia is so damn hot that they had to add new colors to their heat maps
The heat maps previously went to 118 degrees F -- now they go to 129.
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Energy localism update: Boulder, Colo., wants to take control of its own power
Spurred by its climate action plan, Boulder wants to dump its big coal-reliant utility and form a new municipal utility focused on clean power.
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Scientists make LEDs 55 percent more efficient by copying from fireflies
Turns out, fireflies and LEDs have to overcome a similar problem.
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Coral fights back against warming seas
Most of the news on coral reefs is pretty gloomy. But new genetic research shows we shouldn't write off these embattled sea critters just yet.
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New rule specifies that electric cars must go VROOOOOM
"Quiet cars" would have to emit some sort of sound when they move slower than 18 miles per hour.
