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Catch shares help corporations more than fish populations
The system of transferable fishing quotas has been bad news for small-scale operations, and it might not be helping fish much either.
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Solar power set to shine in 2013
New solar generation capacity will increase about 14 percent this year, thanks to high demand in the U.S., Japan, and especially China.
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Corn free: Cutting back on our dominant crop is easier said than done
The USDA tells farmers to decrease their risk by diversifying their crops. But when subsidies make corn so profitable, it's an uphill battle to change planting habits.
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Where innovation advocates go wrong
Advocates of cleantech innovation make important points, but they miss the big picture if they think they're in competition with advocates of deployment.
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Chinese forests now just chopstick factories in waiting
The country produces 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks each year, and that's taking a toll on China's forests.
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Is the next Fukushima in your backyard?
Two years after Fukushima, some U.S. nuclear power plants are still having meltdown scares.
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Insurance companies on climate change: ‘What climate change?’
Many insurance firms are clueless when it comes to climate change. Allstate and Travelers question its very existence.
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Ending the stupid technology innovation vs. deployment fight once and for all
Should we develop new clean energy technology or deploy the tech we already have? Both, obviously. So why are we still arguing about it?
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3D printing adds ‘skull making’ to its seemingly endless list of uses
They can 3D print skulls now. It was just a matter of time.
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Plate tech-tonics: How smartphones can help stop food waste
We throw away almost half the food that’s produced in this country. These new mobile platforms save food from the dumpster and send it to hungry people instead.
