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Big nuke company decides renewables are a better bet in the U.S.
French utility EDF is selling its stake in five American nuclear reactors, citing concerns about profits. It will focus on renewable energy instead.
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Cuba is finally embracing solar power
The country gets just 4 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, but seven new solar farms will change that.
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Your mouthwash might soon come in packaging made from potatoes
Tom's of Maine, which produces all-natural toothpaste and other personal hygiene items, will be making potato plastic packages a reality.
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TransCanada plans colossal trans-Canada oil pipeline
With Keystone XL in limbo, TransCanada announced Thursday that it wants to build an even bigger pipeline from Alberta to eastern Canada.
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Fast food and furious: Restaurant workers are fed up with minimum wage
Fast food workers are on the march nationwide. What, oh what, are the poor corporate fat cats to do?
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American firm debuts first airplane to run on natural gas
The plane can fly on both standard aviation fuel and compressed natural gas.
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Koch brothers hire lobbyists to fight carbon tax, save poor and old people
Carbon-tax proposals are going nowhere in Congress, but the Koch brothers aren't taking any chances. They're fighting the proposals -- on behalf of the low-income and the elderly, of course.
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Offshore auction signals start of wind bonanza
The feds auctioned off the right to build turbines in nearly 165,000 acres of New England waters -- the first of many offshore auctions planned.
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Bad news, coal industry: Proposed export terminal is in for a tough review
A planned coal export terminal in Washington state will have to undergo a rigorous study that will consider climate impacts and other potential environmental problems.
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You get my drift? Pesticides cause big problems when they go where they’re not wanted
Too many pesticide-spraying crop dusters are accidentally missing their targets, killing neighbors' crops and making people sick.
