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As emissions drop, Northeast tightens its cap-and-trade system
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative plans to slash the amount of allowable climate pollution. Conservatives, of course, are complaining.
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Exelon issues dumbest threat in the history of dumb threats
Guys, we don't want to scare you, but building more wind turbines might kill off nuclear plants.
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Attention investors: Climate policy could knock off half the value of fossil fuel companies
A recent report from HSBC Global Research finds that serious climate policy could reduce the value of large fossil fuel companies by half.
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This cooking pot charges your gadgets while heating your soup
The PowerPot charges your phone while you cook. Because let's face it. Without your phone, you are nothing.
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Ohio revokes drilling license of company caught dumping fracking fluid in the sewer
When there's a lot of money to be made, a lot of people of varying commitment to ethical behavior will show up.
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Renewables cheaper than coal in Australia — a preview of things to come
"The perception that fossil fuels are cheap and renewables are expensive is now out of date," says the head of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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Outgoing energy secretary denies lurid allegations from prominent news outlet
Steven Chu was forced to rebut allegations of an extramarital affair on Facebook.
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Fish DNA database aims to fight seafood fraud and promote conservation
DNA testing is the only way to fight seafood fraud -- but can it be made to help consumers and not just scientists?
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The U.S. electricity system: Overengineered and vulnerable
Our electricity system is both overengineered and brittle. It's time to push it into the 21st century.