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Does San Francisco need another private bus? Well, it’s got one.
A new San Francisco service promises to reimagine the horrors of the daily commute by strapping a hipster coffee shop onto a bus chassis.
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Utilities experience competition, don’t like it, run crying to regulators
Electric utilities are facing increased competition at both the wholesale and retail levels, so they're turning to Big Government for help.
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We could put utility-scale solar plants in our cities
Big solar projects don't have to be built in undeveloped areas, new research finds. We could fit them right into developed urban areas.
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Why we should talk about geoengineering even if we never do it
Studying geoengineering can help scientists understand climate change better, and discussing it can make skeptics less skeptical.
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How does climate activism differ in the U.S. and Germany?
Americans are focused on diversifying the movement and fighting fossil fuels. Germans are getting into the specifics of phasing out coal and nuclear.
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Big Oil’s business model is broken
Here's the real story behind the oil price collapse.
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Big news: CO2 emissions flatlined last year
And it happened during a time of economic growth. You can thank renewables.
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Wind could power a third of America’s electricity by 2050
The wind industry would support 600,000 jobs by then, too.
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Should you care about how much water it takes to make your favorite foods?
Grist’s science editor Amelia Urry appeared on MSNBC’s Greenhouse to talk about how our water usage has more to do with food than what comes out of our faucets.
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R2D2 is in your barn, milking your cows
Robots to milk and tend dairy cows could reduce the total number of farmers, but give the remaining ones more time to think (and sleep).
