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Bust out the LEGOs! The toymaker cut its ties with Big Oil
After Greenpeace released a video campaign starring tiny, drowning plastic fishermen, LEGO is letting go of its contract with Shell oil.
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This fracking company wants to end breast cancer — wait, what?
One thousand Passionately Pink® drill bits headed to a fracking site near you.
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Oil exec is “sick and tired” of minorities telling her what she can eat
Charlotte Lucas, cofounder and executive vice president of Lucas Oil Products, spilled some pretty nasty feelings on Facebook recently.
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McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and Twitter are selling the green lifestyle on Collectively. Should you buy it?
For the perpetual cynic (hi!), Collectively could be seen as a very glossy marketing tool for corporate greenwashing.
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Hey, Paul Krugman: Here’s the real argument about climate change and economic growth
The New York Times columnist says we can keep our economy growing even while we cut CO2 emissions. But is that true if we cut emissions as dramatically as we need to?
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The divestment movement is gaining steam. What can it achieve?
Dropping shares in fossil fuel companies might not make a huge difference on its own, but it can help lay the groundwork for other types of climate progress.
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How many Nobel Prize-winning physicists did it take to invent the LED lightbulb?
If you guessed three, you're right. Ol' Alfred Nobel would be proud.
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Radical judge kneecaps clean electricity under cover of boringness
It might not sound like a big deal when a federal court nixes an obscure regulatory rule from an obscure federal agency. But it is! Why do you think that bunny is so alert?!
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Farm tech isn’t a war between good and evil — it’s a quest for whatever works
Forget the ideological showdowns. Poor farmers will thrive when they find the right mix of high and low technologies that serves their needs.
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In the cities of the future, skyscrapers could be made out of wood
A Canadian architect thinks we should build skyscrapers out of wood to save the earth and climate a whole lotta hurt.
