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Now your smartphone can be fair trade, too
This new startup wants to sell you a conflict-minerals-free cellphone.
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This proposed pipeline would be even bigger than Keystone XL
But will it ever get built?
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This ambassador for black politicians argues that solar drags down African Americans
She takes the concerns of African-American communities straight to the White House -- and she's taking her talking points on solar net-metering straight from the utility companies.
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Is the new Whole Foods rating system creating an inferiority complex for zucchini?
The grocery chain's new labels are actually nuanced and make a lot of sense.
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Car batteries may soon last 1,000 years thanks to pine and alfalfa
A group of Swedish researchers pulled a serious MacGyver earlier this month, combining pine resin and alfalfa seeds to create a hybrid recycled battery.
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How one building is changing the world
Seattle's Bullitt Center is making waves far beyond its super-insulated, nontoxic, and FSC-certified walls.
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Why are utilities trying to disconnect communities of color from solar?
Big Energy sees net metering as a threat to its bottom line, but it could be a boon for underserved communities, and electric utilities, too.
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Should the feds bail out coal miners?
As we shift to a cleaner economy, what do we owe workers from the coal fields? What about workers from other dying industries?
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Money, death, and danger in North Dakota’s fracking capital
Being a waitress in Williston, N.D., is just as horrible as it sounds.
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Watch Cascadian Farm’s dramatic effort to save the bees
A General Mills-owned company is trying to save the bees -- one flower bomb at a time.
