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Carbon-sucking golf balls and other crazy climate patents
An afternoon searching recent U.S. patents pulls up some curious climate solutions.
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Solar panels get more efficient when they listen to pop music
Rock and pop music boost zinc oxide solar panel efficiency by 50 percent. Quit trying for technological innovations and crank up the HAIM!
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Obama admin keeps trying to help coal industry, coal industry keeps whining
The Department of Energy is doling out $84 million to help develop carbon-capture technology, which will be needed to realize the "clean coal" dream.
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Stephen Colbert loves this Toys “R” Us ad, because nature sucks
"Nature is boring. I played in it once. There was nothing to buy. It sucked."
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Can Elon Musk’s cousin do for solar power what Tesla has done for electric cars?
The once inexperienced businessman is changing the face of solar energy.
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Exxon fined for Arkansas spill, sued over Yellowstone spill, and still just keeps making piles of money
Sure, the company has to pay a couple million here and a couple million there because of its bad behavior, but it made $45 billion in profits last year, so no problem.
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More nukes? Are you kidding? Enviros push back against Hansen’s call
Climate scientist James Hansen is arguing that we need more nuclear power to fight climate change. Many climate activists think that's nuts.
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Is China repeating the U.S.’s sprawl mistake?
Major Chinese cities are ringed by desolate sprawl -- and suburbanites don't even get a private house with a yard. It leads to wasted time in cars and a lot of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Africa’s first fair-trade clothing company is a huge deal
Liberty and Justice pays its garment workers a living wage and gives them a stake in the company -- and the results are amazing.
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Bay Area commits to 80 percent greenhouse gas reduction
The San Francisco Bay Area is starting to get serious about cutting climate pollution. That could be bad news for the area's refineries, and good news for the rest of us.
