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This electric BMW has a special feature: Access to a gas-powered SUV
BMW is basically running an upscale car-sharing service exclusively for EV owners.
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Ask Umbra: Do the costs of LEDs outweigh the benefits?
A reader comes looking for bright ideas about lightbulbs. Umbra turns it on.
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Cultivating an app for how your garden grows
Growstuff lets you track your plantings -- and puts your data to work for a wider community.
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Clean energy clash: Solar advocates and conservationists butt heads
As more government land is earmarked for solar and other renewable energy projects, some environmental activists in the West are not happy.
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EV market threatened by spat over charger standards
Two incompatible electric-vehicle charging systems are fighting for dominance, like a replay of the '80s-era battle between VHS and Betamax.
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Company responsible for latest Gulf blowout complains about overregulation
The fire is out at the gas-drilling rig that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico this week, but a debate about drilling regulations has sparked back to life.
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Halliburton admits it destroyed Deepwater Horizon evidence
When Halliburton's computer simulations showed it could have shared blame for the epic blowout and oil spill, the company destroyed the results.
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Yawn at this vending machine for free coffee
Don't unplug Hal. He's about to caffeinate you!
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Court tells Transocean to stop obstructing Deepwater Horizon investigation
Transocean has been refusing to hand over documents to the federal government, but now a federal appeals court says it must.
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China to spend big to clean up its air
After air pollution reached sickening new heights earlier this year, the government now says it will spend $277 billion to tackle the problem.
