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The air in Italian cities has a lot of drugs in it
Not enough to get you high, but, you know, at least you're in Italy. Don't get greedy.
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Comparing Residential Solar Ownership to a Solar Lease
If you’re in one of the larger solar markets in the country (California, New Jersey, etc) then “going solar” doesn’t mean going it alone. You can likely get a “zero money down” lease or some similar financing tool to reduce the upfront cost. But is it worthwhile? The following analysis, done for a friend in […]
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Climate silence: It’s the right, stupid
There's a lot being written about the absence of climate change from the presidential race. Blame the conservative movement's Obama-era lurch away from sanity.
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Your pants can now suck pollution right out of the air
A laundry additive can turn your jeans into nitrogen-eating superjeans, according to its creators.
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Jonathan Franzen defends Obama presidency on green grounds
Best-selling novelist Jonathan Franzen endorses Barack Obama, citing his environmental track record.
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Could public urination be good for the environment?
An urban-planning think tank pops up for one day in San Francisco, sharing fun ideas like fruit fences and "garden urinals."
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The Navy will convert seawater to fuel — with the help of a little atomic fission
Don't go putting this in the "green" column just yet. Or the "a thing that will happen" column.
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New York is rehabilitating criminals using bees
Prisoners are being taught the basics of beekeeping. The idea being, one supposes, that after they get out of jail they will start selling honey instead of drugs.
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Is this beluga really trying to talk like people?
This definitely sounds more like human speech than whalesong! Though it sounds more like a vuvuzela solo than either.
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A group of investors wants to make tar-sands extraction greener
One good way to do that, not mentioned: don't extract tar sands.
