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For the price of the Iraq War, the U.S. could have gotten halfway to a renewable power system
If we had spent $3.9 trillion on building renewables instead of fighting in Iraq, we could be generating around half of our electricity from clean power today.
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Why tar-sands pipelines are just too risky
Pipeline spills are happening more frequently in Upper Midwest states where tar-sands oil is more commonly transported.
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Ask Umbra: Which newfangled eco car is better?
A reader wonders whether he should buy a hybrid or a PZEV. Umbra says why choose just one when you can have both?
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How capitalism stacks the deck on disaster
From Hurricane Sandy to the Chicago fire of 1871, money determines who goes down and who leaves the scene of a disaster in a better position than before.
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Frackers lose $1.5 billion yearly thanks to leaky pipes
Methane leaks are "super low-hanging fruit": Fixing them may be the single biggest step the U.S. could take toward meeting its emissions-reduction goals.
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Crude awakening: Exxon’s Arkansas oil spill ain’t pretty [SLIDESHOW]
ExxonMobil assures us that EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY COPACETIC in Mayflower, Ark., where a ruptured pipeline blew tar-sands oil all over residents' yards and into streets, streams, and a nearby lake. Mmm hmm ...
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James Hansen says natural gas is worse than nuclear
If forced to choose between a world powered by natural gas or nuclear, which would you choose? If you chose natural gas, you just hypothetically killed a bunch of people.
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Scientists can 3D print lifelike tissue using only oil and water
You need only a few simple ingredients to make something amazing.
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Nevada utility: Screw this, coal is more trouble than it’s worth
NV Energy has been shamed and embarrassed by the Reid Gardner coal plant one too many times. Now the utility has decided to get out of the coal game entirely.
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China is building buses so enormous that cars can just drive underneath them
The Chinese have invented a bus you can drive under. Let's get some of them. Now.
