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Coming soon: An Obama climate strategy
As soon as next week, the president is expected to unveil new initiatives to tackle climate change -- including long-awaited rules on power plants.
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Coal foes suffer setback in fight against exports
The Army Corps of Engineers says it won't review the climate-changing impacts of plans to export coal from Northwest ports, a blow to enviros and many political leaders in the region.
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New York City gets public solar-powered cellphone chargers
Street Charge stations will be offering up precious joules to drained phones at 25 locations in the next three months.
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Woody Harrelson wants your paper to be less, well, woody
The actor and green activist talks about his non-traditional political views, Hollywood’s influence on environmental issues, and making non-wood paper.
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It’s OK, New York! You’ll figure out composting eventually
New York City is rolling out a composting program. Food waste and the Big Apple -- this could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
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China begins carbon trading
China took its first step toward a national carbon-trading system on Tuesday, launching a pilot project in the city of Shenzhen.
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Keystone XL won’t use state-of-the-art spill technology
TransCanada plans to stick with older spill-detection systems on the pipeline, ignoring EPA's recommendation that it upgrade to more advanced equipment.
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16-year-old turns algae into biofuel, makes rest of us feel unaccomplished
This awesome Florida teen created a chemical-free process to create biodiesel from algae -- and it could be 20 percent cheaper than existing methods.
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Indianapolis to get nation’s largest EV sharing program
A French company plans to bring 500 electric cars and 1,200 charging stations to Indiana's capital, starting next year.
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Internet balloons are Google’s latest bid for world domination
Google is delivering internet to the developing world, and it's doing it via hot air balloon.