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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"?
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Keystone XL protestor cleverly disrupts Valero golf tournament, explains how he did it
An anti-tar-sands activist got his message onto an official tournament sign, embarrassing sponsor Valero, one of the oil companies pushing Keystone XL.
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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!
