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This smart air conditioner could make summer less expensive
This A/C unit is pretty, almost affordable ($300), and not a huge energy hog. Oh yeah, and you can control it with your smartphone!
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Trash from the K-Cups sold last year would circle the Earth almost 11 times
Kind of ridiculous for a company owned by a fair-trade, organic coffee brand, no?
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Ask Umbra: What’s the greenest way to re-side my house?
A reader wonders if polypropylene paneling is any better than vinyl. Umbra thinks outside the box.
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Global buying spree is saving solar panel manufacturers
A year after an oversupply of solar panels triggered corporate collapses, skyrocketing demand is helping the sector recover.
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Keystone foes turn their fire to natural gas exports
Bill McKibben and other enviros say shipping American natural gas overseas would make it even worse for the climate than coal.
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This “ski lift for cyclists” helps you get up hills
A Norwegian city built “the world's first bicycle lift intended for urban areas,” and over 15 years, it's helped 200,000 cyclists up a 426-foot hill.
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This bike glows in the dark when headlights hit it
As Mission Bicycle Company says, “Dark gray by day, bright white at night.” Genius, no?
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Designer furnishes an entire room with trash
"It's a way to fight the idea that we're supposed to throw things away or produce more and more stuff that won't last," says Paulo Goldstein.
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Finally, a way to actually make your office a comfortable temperature
Here's a way better solution than your bossiest coworker constantly getting up to fiddle with the thermostat.
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This tandem bike shrinks to a solo one for after you’ve been dumped
Calfee Design makes some pretty sweet bamboo bikes, but now it's even anticipating your change in Facebook relationship status.