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TransCanada is getting everyone it knows to hustle Obama on Keystone
Including its CEO and its BFFs on the Hill.
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Super Bowl blackout makes the case for smart microgrids
More than just a symbol of America’s decaying infrastructure, the Super Bowl blackout showed the vulnerabilities of a centralized power grid.
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International plan for a spill in the Arctic: If anything happens, pick up the phone
Greenpeace rails against an impotent draft document from the Arctic Council -- with good reason.
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New York hires seismologist with fracking industry ties to do fracking research
On the plus side, it's a step forward in an otherwise interminable process.
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Former Interior Secretary Babbitt calls for one acre of conservation for every acre of oil exploration
Bruce Babbitt says Obama hasn't been protecting enough public land and should stand up to Big Oil and bad Republicans.
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Don’t worry about BP; it’s going to be fine
The oil giant made billions in profits last year, and brought in billions from U.S. gov't contracts, despite that messy thing in the Gulf.
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Let the speculation begin: Obama to talk climate at State of the Union
The Wall Street Journal expects Obama to call for regulation of carbon pollution from existing power plants.
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Soon you’ll be able to dry your hands with cold air straight from the faucet
This cute hand dryer will save the world. No, it won't. But it's still cool.
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Debunking Nature’s arguments for Keystone
The scientific journal Nature recently argued in favor of approving the Keystone XL pipeline. Its arguments are ... unconvincing.
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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.
