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New solar cell draws power from spinach
“Scientists figure out a way to get energy out of new non-coal thing” is getting to be a pretty common story, and so far none of it has revolutionized our power grid. But this one serves a dual purpose: It can make solar panels cheaper and more efficient, plus vegetable-pushing parents can point to it […]
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Rush Limbaugh said something obnoxious, this time about energy policy
SPOILER: It was dumb and phony.
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Shell starts drilling, hasn’t ruined the Arctic yet
More than 24 hours after Shell started drilling off the coast of Alaska, the company has yet to spill oil all over everything.
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The mountains weep for Larry Gibson
“Hey buddy!” Like so many others, I always got this warm greeting from Larry Gibson, followed by a big hug. Like so many others, I saw mountaintop removal coal mining with my own eyes for the first time on Larry’s mountain in southern West Virginia, Kayford Mountain, and I’ve been fighting to end the devastation […]
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Injured bald eagle gets new 3-D printed beak
A team of scientists, engineers, and a dentist designed a nylon polymer beak that would perfectly replace the eagle's lost upper mandible.
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Hometown heroes: Three ways to win climate fights at the local level
Around the world, citizens are organizing and winning urgent local battles against oil barons, the coal industry, and other powerful opponents. Here are some of the keys to their success.
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Hope you enjoyed the third-hottest summer ever!
Data released today by NOAA show that the past 12 months were, once again, the hottest on record in the contiguous U.S.
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Watch a turtle roller-skate into a store to steal lettuce
This roller-skating turtle could kick the pants off some overrated hare, but instead he’s turned to a life of crime. It’s so sad when our young chelonians go astray.
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Can PACE Local Energy Financing Come Back?
It can with your help; submit a comment to the FHFA by Thursday, Sept. 13! After effectively suspending residential PACE energy efficiency and renewable energy municipal financing programs in 2010 and then being taken to federal court and required to do a revised rule making, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its revised ruling […]
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Charles Koch, America’s largest crony capitalist, takes on crony capitalism
His argument is somewhat undermined by his company's robust history of crony capitalism.
