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Clean energy showdown in Arizona
National politics tends to suck up all the attention. But a battle going on in Arizona could have a huge effect on the future of solar power.
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At the debate, listen for the climate silence
A new campaign aims to mobilize voters who want to see the presidential candidates take climate concerns seriously.
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Undecided voters not undecided about climate change
A Yale survey found that most swing voters know human-caused climate change is real and want the government to do something about it.
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Cities Getting Local Energy Choice with Aggregation
Over 200 Illinois towns helped cut their citizens’ electric bills in 2012, and some even achieved 100% renewable energy, thanks to a state law that lets cities choose their electricity provider. The law, called community choice aggregation, lets municipalities pick from competitive electricity suppliers for their residential and small business customers, but without having to […]
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Local chambers of commerce ask Romney and Obama for clean energy support
An alliance of 240 local chambers is calling for federal support for clean energy. Meanwhile, the U.S. Chamber drinks expensive cocktails made of gasoline.
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Sea levels could rise 22 feet by the year 3000
Researchers have found that sea levels will rise for thousands of years to come, at least 1.1 meters by the year 3000 and maybe a lot more. So try and build your ark by then.
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Now you can get text messages from a cow’s vagina
It's getting harder to tell when dairy cows are in heat. But never fear, farmers! Now their genitals can text you.
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New poll shows that politicians can say people like solar, if they want
American voters like solar, according to a survey by the Solar Energy Industries Association. But not all of the poll data is convincing.
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Report confirms fisheries are suffering, but offers hope
More than half the world’s fisheries are overexploited, and small-scale fisheries, the kind that disproportionately feed the world’s hungry (think of reef-fish which are decimated by industrial-sized fishing vessels) have it the worst according to a new study published last week by researchers at the University of California and the University of Washington. That’s the […]
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The Ohio State University will soon be 25 percent wind-powered
OSU has signed a deal to get about 25 percent of its power from a wind farm, which will make the school 100 percent better than Michigan.
