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How greens can stay happy, without drugs
This will surprise and shock you: It is sometimes hard to stay positive and be an environmentalist.
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How can we boost distributed solar and save utilities at the same time?
Distributed power threatens to send utilities into a death spiral. Naturally, they would like to slow it down. Is there any way for distributed energy and utilities to get along? Maybe!
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Just, um, do it? Climate action, sponsored by Nike
The Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy coalition wants President Obama to see how expensive climate change can be.
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Coal-mining jobs on the rise under Obama
Despite industry claims of a war on coal, there have been 15.3 percent more coal-mining jobs on average under Obama than there were under Bush.
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Slingshot-based condom applicator definitely deserves a $100,000 grant
Jörg Sprave's condom gun is obviously the answer to giving safe sex more universal appeal.
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Using aging, retrofitted pipelines to ship oil — what could go wrong?
Decades-old pipelines have been quietly retrofitted to carry thick, corrosive petroleum products. Maybe it's time for a rethink.
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Michigan neighbors sue to shut down new wind farm
Property owners say nearby wind turbines are causing them health problems. Meanwhile, a new paper finds no evidence that "wind turbine syndrome" exists.
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Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, according to U.S. utilities
Rooftop solar panels and other distributed-energy tools will radically shake up the power sector, according to an unusually frank report from a utility trade group.
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North Carolina joins rush to protect animal abusers
It's the latest state to consider a bill that would crack down on animal rights activists who expose cruelty at factory farms and food processing plants.
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All U.S. nuclear reactors are too dangerous, says former nuke-safety chief
The 104 nuclear reactors in the U.S. have an unfixable safety flaw, according to Gregory Jaczko, former chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
