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Solar panel dresses are hideous but keep your phone charged
An hour of sunlight charges your phone halfway. Unfortunately, the clothes are -- how do we say this nicely? -- really ugly.
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The grinch that stole the coal industry’s Christmas
The pace of coal-fired power-plant closure is accelerating, thanks to cheap natural gas and environmental regulations.
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Are Brits going to get screwed by pricey nuclear power?
The U.K. plans to allow a new nuclear plant to charge double the market rate for electricity. The E.U. is investigating whether that amounts to illegal government aid to a company.
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America’s new cars are more fuel-efficient than ever before
The average model-year 2012 vehicle got 23.6 miles per gallon -- still pretty lame, but 1.2 mpg better than the previous year.
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This bike could purify the air as you ride it
What if bikes could actually reverse pollution, instead of just not making it worse?
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Happily ever NAFTA: New trade pact could boost corporations and harm environment
Following in NAFTA's footsteps, new trade pacts like the Trans-Pacific Partnership could make it easy for foreign companies to sue the U.S. for enforcing its environmental rules.
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Miami vise: Rising seas put the squeeze on a sun-drenched beach town
In Miami Beach, high tides regularly flood streets with knee-deep seawater. The growing crisis, and the city’s response, hold lessons for seaside cities everywhere.
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Secondhand smoke: Why East Coast cities are still choking on Midwest pollution
When Midwestern states and their industrial friends sued over a new EPA rule, they got just what they wanted: to keep polluting, and poisoning, as long as possible.
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Dallas — yes, Dallas — bans fracking in most of the city
J.R. Ewing must be rolling in his grave. The third largest city in Texas will now prohibit fracking within 1,500 feet of a home or school.
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The billionaire boys’ club: How college students and Wall Street are thinking alike
College administrators may be giving divestment protesters the cold shoulder, but some Wall Street leaders are warming up to the idea of accurately pricing climate change.
