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One nuke plant in Wisconsin will shutter, another in California might not be switched back on
Low-priced natural gas doomed the Wisconsin plant, while maintenance problems plague the San Onofre nuke facility along the Pacific coast.
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Phone-charging, wifi-providing, levitating bike is one of the coolest concept bicycles we’ve seen
It charges. It hovers. It has batteries. It's a bike. It's a miracle.
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Canadian tar-sands exec: ‘We do need Keystone’
Contrary to what the U.S. State Department says, the head of an oil-sands company insists that the industry needs the pipeline to help it expand.
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This cellphone charger runs on water
Soon, you will be able to charge your cell with water. Oh, and this contraption that costs like 200 bucks.
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Not all renewables are created equal
Some solar and wind projects have much heavier environmental impacts than others, and it's time to start talking about it.
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Fracking ourselves to death in Pennsylvania
A new generation of downwinders is getting sick as an emerging industry pushes the next wonder technology -- high-volume hydraulic fracturing.
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Will natural-gas cars start to catch on?
It's relatively cheap to fill up a car with natural gas, thanks to the fracking boom. But natural-gas cars are still pricey and filling stations are still rare.
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Cap-and-trade puttering along quite nicely in the Northeast U.S.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative produced $1.6 billion in economic value for participating states, a new study finds. Yes, carbon trading can be good for the economy.
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Think methane hydrates are the next big thing? Think again.
Renewables are on a much more solid path to affordability than methane hydrates.
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Court says N.Y. town can outlaw fracking
Dryden and more than 50 other municipalities want to ban fracking in case New York's state moratorium is lifted. An appeals court said that's just fine.
