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Solar PV makes most sense at modest size
Benefits of smaller-scale solar operations far outweigh any potential savings from building bigger.
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The good shepherd [VIDEO]
Daniel Klein talks to an Oregon sheep farmer who believes it's a big deal to kill an animal, and that this attitude should inform our meat consumption.
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Four dirty secrets hiding in your tuna can
If mercury wasn't enough to scare you away from tuna, read about more devious offenses standard in the tuna industry.
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Ethanol is now a matter of national security
Two steps forward, one step back: Congress cuts two ethanol subsidies worth billions, but the White House redirects $510 million to power the military's ships and aircraft with corn-sourced biofuels.
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Which eco-friendly food labels are meaningful, and which are just hot air?
Certified organic ... chemical free ... dolphin-safe ... the stamps and slogans on food labels make a lot of promises, but can they back it up? Audobon magazine breaks down which labels are meaningful and which are USDA-certified bull crap.
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Honey laundering: tainted and counterfeit Chinese honey floods into the U.S.
A third of the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals, according to a blockbuster story in Food Safety News.
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TransCanada says Keystone XL will be ‘safest pipeline in the U.S.’
The existing pipeline has seen 12 spills in one year, but the company reassures citizens that Keystone XL will operate with a "high degree of safety."
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The first rule of talking about extreme weather
Bringing up the connection between weather and climate change takes a problem of astronomical proportions and makes it far more concrete.
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The city of the future is already here
Ever see those signs that say, “If you lived here, you’d be home by now”? They’re usually affixed to urban revitalization projects located near mass transit hubs (of course you’re commuting another hour to your sprawl development in the ‘burbs when you read it). Those projects represent a part of the city of tomorrow, but […]
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Infographic: How many jobs would solar create?
Stronger solar policies could create over 100,000 jobs in just a few years, according to this (excerpted) infographic from One Block Off the Grid. That's not a lot, proportional to the unemployment crisis, but given that CERTAIN PEOPLE are always talking about sustainable energy as a job-killer, it's pretty good. And jobs would only go up […]
