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Help fund these tiny reef-repairing robots, and get your name printed on a coral reef
Coralbots are tiny robots that work in autonomous underwater swarms to repair coral. And if you donate to their Kickstarter, you can put your name on a bot or on part of a reef.
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Wind produces almost twice as much power as nuclear in California
During a windy hour this month, wind provided 17.5 percent of California's electricity supply. That followed a surge in wind power installations last year.
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The brutal logic of climate change, international shipping edition
There's a titanic gulf between what we say ought to be done about climate change and what we are doing. For a great example, look at the shipping industry.
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Fracking for uranium, first accidentally, and now on purpose
Fracking can release uranium from shale. Pennsylvania is poised to study the issue, and the uranium industry is poised to exploit it.
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Koch brother gives $100 million to Hurricane Sandy-stressed hospital
David Koch's donation is the largest in NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's history.
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Solar grows up — now what?
Solar has grown up and earned a seat at the big kids table. But that means the fights are going to get nastier.
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Rooftop solar vs. utilities: The San Antonio episode
San Antonio's municipal utility wants to slash the subsidy it provides for rooftop solar power, which would be bad news for the fledgling solar-installation industry.
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Even Bitcoin mining has an environmental impact
At a certain point, the huge amounts of processing power needed to mine bitcoins translates into notable energy consumption.
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Of a Kind brings ‘know your farmer’ mentality to clothing
We rarely know where our clothing has been, who made it, or how it was dreamed up. This apparel site tells those tales.
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To survive, fast food will have to think fresh
We all know what Bad Fast Food looks like. Millions of Americans eat the stuff. But can there be such a thing as "Good Fast Food"?
