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Risk game: What a warmer planet means to the bottom line
How do we move beyond vague climate fears? Risky Business’ Kate Gordon is assembling hard data on what’s at stake for business.
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Californians to receive $30 to $40 climate credit this month
The state's cap-and-trade program is about to pay off for millions of residents, who will be getting credits on their electricity bills.
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Teaching butchers — and brewers, and picklers — to stay out of the red
A school for entrepreneurs offers real-world business lessons to help small food businesses stay afloat.
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Here are the fair-trade hipster shoes you’ve been waiting for
Now you can buy your chukka boots and slip-on flats with less guilt. You can even send 'em back for recycling when they're worn out.
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Here’s a solution to most bikes’ dirty secret
The Boske wooden bike, made from sustainably grown maple and recycled pop cans, is almost as green as riding a bike made out of air.
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This floating electric amphicar could save you from the next tsunami
The Fomm Concept One car isn't meant for fun -- it's meant to rescue victims of flooding in Southeast Asia. (But it looks pretty fun.)
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GOP lawmakers scramble to court Tesla
With a $5 billion battery factory on the line, Republican lawmakers in four states vie to prove they're the fairest of them all.
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This jellylike blob is actually a gross yet edible water bottle
As a bonus, if you don’t eat the outside, you’re left with what looks like a used condom.
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Here’s a shorebird’s-eye view of the Galveston oil spill
No cooing with disinterested horror over aerial shots of rainbow slicks over water this time -- pull on a pair of waders and slosh through the muck at sea level.
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Why do we work so hard? Cadillac and Ford have very different answers
Cadillac thinks we work hard because we want more stuff. Ford turns its back on that version of America.