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Fracking and the road to a clean energy future
Geophysicist Mark Zoback says natural gas squeezed from shale can be a crucial and clean(ish) short-term energy fix -- if we’re careful about how we get it.
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Apple’s massive solar farm looks kind of awesome from the air
Apple is building a giant solar farm to power a data center in North Carolina, and GigaOM has aerial shots that show just how huge it is. The pictures were taken by North Carolina television station WCNC-TV. At 100 acres, this is going to be the world’s largest privately owned solar panel farm — you […]
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U.S. exit signs use as much power as West Virginia
The country's 100 million lighted exit signs use 30 to 35 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity every year
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Expect a colder winter thanks to Arctic ice melt
The journal Nature rounds up what we should expect from this year's unprecedented Arctic ice melt.
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After 99 years and one revolution, Death Valley is the hottest place on Earth
The World Meteorological Organization voted to restore a 1913 record for the hottest temperature ever recorded.
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On natural gas, green groups can’t make up their minds
The natural gas boom has big green groups wrestling with whether to support regulated gas extraction as a cleaner alternative to coal.
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On Sept. 11, 2012, the Times asks: Is New York ready for disaster?
What is New York City doing to prevent disasters brought on by climate change and rising seas? Not enough so far.
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If you’re sneezing right now, it is climate change’s fault
More climate change = more hay fever, according to the Guardian: Hay fever sufferers face longer pollen seasons and highly allergenic new strains from invasive plants, a new report on the health effects of climate change on the UK warned on Tuesday. Global warming will cause earlier flowering, possibly extending the hay fever season by […]
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How much ice has the Arctic lost? Enough to cover Canada
Plus Texas. And Virginia.
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Crowdfunding helps community power become reality
The JOBS Act may finally allow thousands of regular folks to make a modest return by investing in local renewable energy projects.
