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Wind and solar are much less financially risky than other power projects
What kind of electricity projects most often go over budget? Two recent studies dig into the question and find some surprising answers.
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Green groups have one less excuse for being so white
Environmental groups have long known that they're hurting in the diversity department. A new partnership has set out to fix that.
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Here’s all the plastic in the ocean, measured in whales
Sorry about that, sea life.
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Methane is leaking out all over the damn place, thanks to the oil and gas industry
Two new studies tell us more about leaks of this potent greenhouse gas.
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Why I’m breaking up with Uber
Uber, I loved you, but your disregard for women's safety is bringing me down.
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Now bike messengers will run lights to deliver your Amazon
Drones are out, cyclists are in for the company's latest strategy to undercut brick-and-mortar.
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No one sucks on climate change like Australia, mate
Performance index released at Lima climate talks puts Denmark in the best-performing slot, followed by Sweden and Britain.
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Here’s why the Freedom Tower isn’t the greenest building in America after all
Under pressure to get a publishing giant into the iconic tower, the site's developers may have sacrificed a core part of its green plans.
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Updates on things I’m obsessed with
The latest on: the Supreme Court and an exciting FERC order; Peabody Energy and a misguided constitutional scholar; and coal export terminals and why we don’t need more.
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Coal giant exploits the global poor to save its own hide
Peabody Energy, the world's biggest private coal company, is trying to pitch itself as a friend of poor people. Oh, the ironies abound.