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Obama really wishes he could put a price on carbon
In an interview with Thomas Friedman, Obama explains his thinking on climate change, from the dangers of methane leakage to the importance of avoiding cynicism.
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Finally, an electric car that crushes all the others (literally)
Drive an E-Bigfoot, pimped out with with a super quiet electric motor, and those cars you’re gonna crush won’t even hear you coming.
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Six ways climate change is screwing with your seafood (and what to do about it)
Think of this as a study guide for your climate-change-and-seafood pop quiz.
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Blame industrial ag for those monarch butterfly declines
Why are the monarchs abdicating? More evidence points to the weed-killing pesticides that wipe out the butterflies' favorite food.
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Is a greener oil industry possible? David Poritz thinks so
The founder of Equitable Origin wants to create green, fair-trade certification for the oil industry.
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Mmmm! Doughnuts. Not-mmmm: Palm oil
Big doughnut chains use big amounts of palm oil, and they still haven't signed on to rainforest-protecting agreements
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Here’s how enviros plan to push for stronger EPA climate rules
The Sierra Club and NRDC will encourage supporters to submit positive public comments, while Greenpeace and 350.org don't have big plans to help.
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The next front in the GMO war: Synthetic biology
A new wrinkle in bioscience could help save rainforests. Or maybe not. Let's not shut down the debate before we even have it.
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Crazy contraption turns cow poo into clean water, fertilizer, and natural gas (ahem)
A single cow produces 10,000 gallons of poop each year. That's a whole lotta Kool-Aid!
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This is how little it costs for states to go renewable
Renewable electricity standards are not expensive to implement, a new study finds.
