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Los Angeles to ditch coal by 2025
"The era of coal is over," says L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The city's utility will make up the difference with renewables, efficiency, and natural gas.
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Beaver dams block Chevron oil spill in Utah
Thousands of gallons of diesel spilled into a river in Chevron's third pipeline spill in Utah in three years. Two oil-coated beavers were rescued.
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Bipartisan support for distributed clean energy, in Iowa of all places
Republicans and Democrats recently came together to advance a bill that would encourage ownership of small-scale wind power by farmers. Is it a sign of things to come?
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Farmland prices soar — along with farm debt
Never mind the drought: When the farmland price bubble pops, America's farmers could be under water.
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Natural-gas liquid is gushing near a Colorado creek, and nobody can figure out how to stop it
More than 60,000 gallons of unidentified hydrocarbon gunk have leaked into the ground near a gas processing plant, and more just keeps on leaking.
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Researchers find that ‘wind turbine syndrome’ is bogus
Complaints about turbine-caused illness tend to surface after wind-energy opponents have made a stink and caused people to worry.
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America’s infrastructure grade improves to a still very sad D+
For the first time in 15 years, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. a better grade than last time.
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Google Maps can now make you a virtual mountain climber
Google Maps gets you from your house to Petco. And now it gets you to the world's highest peaks.
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Best Kickstarter ever: This fourth-grade class is building its very own solar array, and you can help
Aaron's Class started their Kickstarter with the goal of raising $800. So far, they've raised $3,500.
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Green tech incubator Greenstart ups its game
The company has traded in its accelerator program for a beefier venture capital strategy dedicated to well-designed cleantech.