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Ask Umbra on planet-friendlier ways to prevent and kill bed bugs
With US cities literally crawling with bedbugs, Ask Umbra offers advice on how to get rid of the pests without endangering your health or the planet.
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21st century energy superpower: China, energy, and global power
If you want to know which way the global wind is blowing (or the sun shining or the coal burning), watch China. That's the news for our energy future and for the future of great-power politics on planet Earth. Washington is already watching -- with anxiety.
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Obituary for an oil well
A nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico began with flames, billowing plumes of oil, and 24-7 media coverage. But the final death of the Macondo oil well reads much more like a gentle passing in the night. To which we say: RIP (and good riddance).
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Automotive X Prizes Awarded
Original article on Biodiversivist. The $10 million dollar X Prize was split between two electric car designs and a design that runs on biofuel (E85) called the Edison 2. In the above video the Edison 2 is hyped by the guy who bankrolled it. He tells us the main reason the wheels stick out […]
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MIT report papers over past and future of high costs for nuclear power
For 50 years, nuclear advocates have been promising that future costs of reactors will come down. A new report this week from MIT calls on Congress to place a very big bet on that proposition. The report is only the latest in a series from MIT that grossly underestimates the likely cost of new nuclear reactors and overestimates the ability of the industry to operate on its own without heavy reliance on French-style government subsidies.
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Christine O'Donnell sees no need to prevent pregnancy, use condoms, or care about population [VIDEO]
Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell has loony opinions not just on masturbation but on population, contraception, and sex ed.
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40 years of clean air progress
I attended the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Clean Air Act at EPA this past week. It was a breath of fresh air (sorry) to hear so many speakers from industry as well as health groups and from across political divides to give concrete examples of how much good this landmark law has delivered for Americans. I arrived in Washington as a newly minted lawyer in 1970 and I have personally seen this progress happen.
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The Climate Post: The Tea Party climate and the future of clean energy
Read about CO2 regulations, dueling country stars, geoengineering's effects, algae fuel, and more.
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Friday music blogging: Jenny & Johnny
If there's any dreamy chanteuse that indie boys crush on more than She & Him's Zooey Deschanel, it's Jenny Lewis, late of Rilo Kiley and more recently of a string of critically beloved solo albums. Now she's out with a new album, a collaboration with her boyfriend Johnathan Rice (also a solo artist) under the moniker Jenny & Johnny. It's called I'm Having Fun Now.
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Eight House races that are critical to the climate fight
Eight top House races in which a strong supporter for action to reduce global warming pollution is being challenged by a global warming denier.
