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The smart money is on renewable energy
Fossil fuel cheerleaders take note: Clean energy ain't going nowhere -- and it may prove to be the better bet in the long run.
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The worst part about BP’s oil-spill cover-up: It worked
Here's what BP doesn't want you to know about the use of Corexit after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.
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Facebook’s new roof is greener, more expensive than yours
Facebook is putting an amazing green roof on its new building in Menlo Park. It's going to be big and elaborate. You can only see it if you get a job at Facebook.
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Ask Umbra: Watts up with lightbulbs?
A reader wonders which type of lightbulb is greenest. Umbra sheds some light.
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Fracking drives potentially explosive demand for potentially explosive ammonia factories
You know that ammonia plant that blew up in Texas? The U.S. could soon be home to a lot more of those, thanks to low natural gas prices.
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Wisconsin left way, way behind in wind energy boom
Wisconsin added just 18 megawatts of wind power capacity in 2012, compared with more than 100 in Michigan and more than 300 in Ohio.
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Keystone kartoon: The animated history of the Keystone XL oil pipeline
You've seen our illustrated history of the Keystone XL pipeline. Now, you can enjoy it with snazzy sound effects.
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This bipartisan energy-efficiency bill might actually be able to pass Congress
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Rob Portman have a new bill that aims to improve efficiency in commercial buildings, manufacturing, and the federal government.
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One ag-gag bill is dead in California, another is approved in Tennessee
These bills, which hamstring activists who try to document farm-animal abuse, are spreading across the country, but California refuses to play along.
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Fertilizer facility blast in Texas claims multiple lives, destroys homes
A fertilizer plant exploded in rural Texas on Wednesday evening, killing at least five people and injuring more than 160.
