Climate Technology
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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.
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Can the pot industry make buds with sustainability?
Washington's legal marijuana boom could be a carbon bust. Some enterprising growers on Vashon Island hope to change that.
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Birthday, it’s ya birthday: Fracking technology turns 65
We’d personally like to take this moment to remind all the fracking wells out there that they’re now eligible for a free beverage at Taco Bell.