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DOE Loan Guarantee Program will cost $2 billion less than expected
Shocker: An independent analysis of the DOE Loan Guarantee Program found that loan guarantees for energy have been successful, cost-effective investments.
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Why climate hawks should care about birth-control access
Any morally acceptable pathway to prevent catastrophic global warming includes broad access to affordable birth control for the world's women.
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A new way of measuring carbon emissions that doesn’t let rich people cheat
There's no comprehensive, standardized way for cities to track their carbon pollution, but a new study puts forward a useful model. And it counts not just the CO2 we produce, but the CO2 we consume.
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House fit for a green: Sustainable home construction booms
With the value of the residential green building market expected to grow fivefold by 2016, builders say going green is great for their business.
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Glamour trip: Real snobs don’t ride the subway
When conjuring the image of liberal high society, Newt Gingrich often points to the subway. His compadres in Congress want to obliterate designated funding for mass transit. Here’s the real reason they hate trains.
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Tar-sands magnate, Bill Gates support research on geoengineering
The latest to join the fray are Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and "tar sands magnate Murray Edwards." Just goes to show you what strange bedfellows geoengineering makes.
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Young people expect the future to look like Thunderdome
Why do young people view the future as a dire place, even as their elders seem oblivious to the triple threat of climate change, resource scarcity, and growing inequality?
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Birth control still one of Obama’s best environmental policies
The Obama administration is expected to propose a birth-control compromise today for Catholic-run institutions that don’t want to pay for their employees to avoid pregnancy. New federal rules guarantee free contraception coverage, but a narrow exception already exists for Catholic churches that don’t believe in not having babies. The compromise would still allow women to […]
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Build a side-by-side bicycle for Valentine’s Day
Nothing says “I love you” like a bicycle that forces you and your partner to cooperate to the point of absurdity, so Instructables user Carlitos has posted specs for a bike modification that places two riders side by side. If you have access to a welder and a good source of junker bike parts, you […]
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Representative thinks oil pipeline will help caribou get laid
Foolish enviros might think that oil pipelines are bad for wildlife, what with the habitat-destroying and whatnot. But Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert (Texas) is an expert on ungulate romance, and he knows the score: Oil pipelines are the caribou equivalent of a hotel room with a heart-shaped bed, a champagne glass-shaped hot tub, and a […]
