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This electric car is specifically designed for people in wheelchairs
The Kenguru EV can go up to 25 mph, with a range of about 60 miles. It has LED lights, too. Pretty sweet!
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U.S. whacks India with WTO complaint over its local solar program
India requires solar developers to get their panels from domestic producers. The U.S. says that discriminates against American companies.
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SolarCoins are cryptocurrency for the sustainability crowd
To earn installments of this newly created currency, you actually need to produce energy through solar panels
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No rules governed tank that leaked coal-cleaning poison into W.Va. river
The tank, owned by Freedom Industries, was not regulated by state or federal safety regulations, officials said at a hearing on Monday.
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Ash decisions: North Carolina helped river-ruining Duke Energy duck pollution complaints
Under its Republican governor, cozy North Carolina regulators shielded the utility from environmental complaints.
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Quick, change the channel! Al Jazeera is talking about the environment again
While most American TV networks are ignoring climate change, Al Jazeera America is taking climate and environmental issues seriously.
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India plans world’s biggest solar project, but money is a hurdle
The solar array would be larger than Manhattan and cost $4.4 billion. India is hitting up the World Bank for a great big loan to get it started.
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Duke Energy belatedly pledges to overhaul coal-ash storage, after destroying river
Enviros have been pushing for years to get the company to clean up its act. All it took was an environmental disaster.
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Food giants try to hijack GMO-labeling issue
They're banding together to quash state-level labeling campaigns, pushing instead for national labeling standards -- but only voluntary ones.
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The brutal cost of a cheap chicken
Two new books detail the inner workings of our factory-style poultry and meat system -- and the long history of our love/hate relationship with it.