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Couchsurfing the continents: On the road with the sharing economy
In which our hero travels to South America with a little money and a lot of luck, and learns about the power of human generosity.
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We’re on the verge of a scary undersea gold rush
Soon fancy robots will be drilling miles deep into the sea floor for gold. What could go wrong?
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Huge paper company promises to stop being deforesting jerks
Under pressure from activists, the world's third-largest paper pulper has agreed to stop clear-cutting natural rainforest in Indonesia.
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Find out which facilities near you are doing the most damage to the climate!
Spoiler: Probably the ones with big smokestacks that generate your electricity.
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A new proposal for shipping tar-sands oil: Use the thawed Arctic!
While the proposal is likely a non-starter, it reveals the increasing frustration of oil companies trying to move stubborn tar-sands oil.
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Frackers set their sights on the Golden State
California's Monterey Shale could contain twice as much oil as all of Saudi Arabia, but it won't be easy to get out of the ground.
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Walmart’s big push into groceries is not good for small farmers
Walmart now dominates the U.S. grocery sector, selling more food than the three biggest grocery chains combined.
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Alaska senator offers a fresh, new energy policy calling for more drilling in Alaska
And more drilling everywhere else too. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's patrons in the oil industry will golf-clap for this one.
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How the shale boom came to North Dakota — and how it’s spreading west
There's lots of shale oil in Colorado and California too, but residents of those states are more suspicious of fracking.
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Super Bowl ad brawl: SodaStream does what Sierra Club can’t
Companies selling products that cut down on waste might end up leading the cultural push against overconsumption.