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V3Solar claims its product will produce energy at a third of the cost of other solar power. If it's true -- a big if -- it could revolutionize distributed energy.
And will double that amount getting home.
This holiday shopping season may have been the slowest since 2008, thanks in part to extreme weather and a warmer winter.
A subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has paid $2.5 billion for one of the world's largest solar projects. The solar industry rejoices.
Concerned citizens are confiscating tools and materials from luxury developments and giving them to those hurt the worst by superstorm Sandy.
The storm's sharp westward turn was predicted earlier thanks to data from satellites that may soon go offline.
There was a three-day traffic jam in Russia because of a snow storm. You thought maybe Russians were good at dealing with snow? Apparently they are not.
If so, that may not be a good thing -- because unlike gay rights or other issues of basic human justice, climate change comes with a time limit.
Air pollution isn't deterred by borders, which causes problems here in the U.S. and in China.
