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The Keystone XL pipeline alternative you’ve never heard of is probably going to be built
As the Keystone XL pipeline has been mired in controversy, a competitor is speeding through plans for a pipeline that would do the exact same thing.
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Tesla Motors earns $26 million in the 2nd quarter — thanks to the government
Tesla is a model for how government support can help bring ambitious new technologies to market.
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Pipeline dreams: Why fossil-fuel divestment is easier said than done
Despite calls for divestment at 308 college campuses, only six (mostly small) schools have listened. What's stopping the rest?
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Meet the town that’s being swallowed by a sinkhole
What could possibly go wrong when miners, frackers, and drillers reshape the geology beneath our feet? Talk to the evacuees of Bayou Corne, La.
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Here’s the anti-Keystone ad one NBC station doesn’t want you to see
The ad was supposed to run on WRC-TV in D.C. during Obama's appearance on The Tonight Show, but NBC pulled it at the last minute.
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The coal export bubble
Coal's price collapse spells trouble for terminal investors.
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Chevy plugs into demand, cuts Volt price by $5,000
The 2014 Volt will arrive in U.S. dealerships later this month and start at $34,995.
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Don’t have a cow: Lab-grown meat inches closer to your plate
Food writers recently got a taste of a $332,000 beef-free burger. Is this the future of meat or just a sideshow?
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Offshore fracking in California: What could go wrong?
Operators have been fracking off the coast of California since the late '90s, unbeknownst to state regulators and with little federal oversight.
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Could utilities’ future be selling light instead of electrons?
The new business model would give utilities incentive to invest in energy efficiency.
