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The newest benefits perk: Cheap solar power for your home
Corporate giants like 3M, Cisco, and Kimberley-Clark are removing barriers to solar power by offering it as an employee benefit.
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Cheap gas will make Thanksgiving traffic even worse this year
Cheap gas is not a good thing for the climate -- or for pre-Thanksgiving gridlock.
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Yes, the U.S. can reduce emissions 80% by 2050 — in 6 graphs
A new report looks at how America can get on course to avoid dangerous climate change. There are multiple pathways to that goal, but we gotta start now.
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How oil ate the heart of North Dakota
A New York Times investigation traces how oil-money influence and federal absence left a state's environment open to pillage.
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Chevron wants to fund science class. What could go wrong?
Some teachers aren't having it.
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Walmart is a huge consumer of dirty coal energy
The retail behemoth gets a lot of good press for putting up a few solar panels, but it gets far more electricity from coal than from the sun.
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Keystone “trade” talk is still empty nonsense
Beltway pundits keep saying Obama is about to “trade” Keystone approval for some other policy he cares about more. They are delusional.
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Hey Big Soda, stop targeting black and Latino kids
A new study shows that major beverage companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi are aiming their advertising campaigns largely toward black and Latino youth.
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How do Whole Foods’ $6 cupcakes help Detroit’s urban poor?
A reporter's deep dive into Whole Foods' Detroit launch suggests that it will take more to change the inner-city foodscape than one new store.
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Congress is trying to squash one of the few examples of American leadership on climate
Obama has banned U.S. investment in most overseas coal plants. Republicans and fossil-fuel-loving Democrats want to undo that ban.