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Your iPad is costing you (a tiny bit) more than you think
Research indicates that the cost of charging your iPad over the course of a year runs a whopping... $1.36.
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General public still unaware of what fracking is — much less its impacts
A survey from the University of Texas indicates that nearly two-thirds of Americans aren't familiar with fracking – even as anecdotes about negative effects pile up.
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The best pun about wind energy, you’re welcome
This made me laugh way, way harder than it should.
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Will the Senate make you inhale mercury? We find out today
The Senate is set to vote on a new regulation from the EPA. What does it all mean? We answer your questions.
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Which is scarier: A drone overhead or an unregulated dump next door?
If you chose (b), You might want to move more than 100 miles from the U.S. border.
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Miner fired for whistleblowing gets his job back
A court found that Arch Coal had discriminated against Charles Scott Howard for his work exposing the company's safety issues.
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Columnist: Millions for coal and oil, but not one more penny for clean energy
The Washington Post's Charles Lane argues we should abandon clean energy investment and cede that industry to China.
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Yes, the economy could soon run on (mostly) renewable power
A study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory demonstrates that an energy mix that is 80 percent renewable in 2050 could operate fine. If only we had the will to create it.
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Japan turns reactors back on — but bulks up on solar
Two big announcements offer a mixed picture of how the nation plans to meet its energy needs.
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New York court backs greenhouse gas initiative, draws Sauron’s eye
And by Sauron, we mean an enormously powerful actor that holds the world in the grip of its wizened hand. The Kochs.
