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Solar power just had its best year ever
2014 was a banner year for solar in the U.S., with 30 percent more photovoltaic installations than in 2013.
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I watched Tim Cook introduce Apple Watch and now I’m depressed
Says Cook: "Apple Watch is the most personal device we have ever created. It's not just with you, it's on you." Gross.
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How human composting will change death in the city
The financial and environmental costs of burial and cremation are high, but there could be a better way.
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The sharing economy is bullsh!t. Here’s how we can take it back
Real sharing can help solve big problems like climate change. But we have to start small.
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Watch Obama call tar-sands oil “extraordinarily dirty”
The president disparaged the Keystone XL pipeline plan and the filthy crude it would carry during a town hall event on Friday.
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Will the “Dark Lord of Coal Country” finally be brought to justice?
If federal prosecutors have their way, Don Blankenship will get his day in court for the string of misdeeds that lead to a deadly mine explosion. He apparently has other plans.
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Obama admin punts on oil train safety — and another bomb train explodes
The White House decided not to draft rules on explosive gas in tanker cars, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, an oil train blows up in Illinois.
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Homobiles, SF’s queer ride service, is the anti-Uber
It might not be the future, but a pay-what-you-can car service for the LGBTQ crowd does show what a real community-based ride service looks like.
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Walmart’s new green product label is the most misleading yet
The “Sustainability Leaders” badge is getting great press, but even Walmart admits that it doesn't mean products are eco-friendly.
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The secret history of the taxi wars
The regulation fights didn't start with Uber. Meet the movers and shakers of the last 100-plus years.
