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When China became the world’s workshop, it inherited the world’s air pollution, too
A visit to Beijing, and its notorious blanket of smog, brings a flashback to the U.S. industrial heartland in its heyday.
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Billions of barrels of new reasons to not frack California
Fracking opponents are seizing on news that California shale deposits may contain 96 percent less recoverable oil than previously estimated.
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Here’s what to expect from Obama’s big new climate rules
The Obama administration is on the verge of taking its biggest-ever step to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Millennials are the new oil barons? Wait, what happened to all of our green inclinations?
If you're a young person starting an oil company because you want to make a lot of money, fine. We clearly don’t have much in common.
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Computer takeover of humanity is ahead of schedule
A venture capital firm specializing in medicine (what else?) has named a computer program to its board of directors.
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Your buddy Nicolas Cage to star in “The Runner,” a film set after the BP oil spill
It’s unclear how large the BP oil spill will loom in the film.
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What all our computers together can tell us about climate change
By hooking up laptops and desktops into a distributing computing network, volunteers can help climate scientists crunch numbers.
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Want a job? Knock on Tesla’s door
Tesla has hired about 3,000 people during the past year, making it the No. 1 auto employer in California. And it's planning to hire 500 more this year.
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San Francisco considers banning exports of coal and petcoke
The city is exploring a proposal to keep "hazardous fossil fuel materials" away from its ports.
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Get ready for a whole new kind of climate change lawsuit
An insurance company is suing Chicago-area municipalities for not doing enough to prepare for climate change–juiced flooding.
