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Ask Umbra: Should I sell my Exxon stock?
A reader wonders if it’s unethical to hang on to Big Oil stocks, and if shareholder activism does any good. Umbra offers some centsible advice.
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In Detroit, automakers gear up to meet new fuel-efficiency standards
On display at the Detroit Auto Show is evidence of gas guzzlers adopting fuel-saving technology made famous by the Prius.
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Boeing’s efficient Dreamliner planes are especially efficient at battery fires
The 787 is designed to be a "super-efficient" airplane, but the batteries that make that efficiency possible have been causing big problems.
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Winterize your bike in under a minute with snap-on snow tires
Hardcore bikers want to keep pedaling to work even in snow and ice, but most of them also want to make it there with intact skulls.
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Oil companies turn to trains instead of Enbridge’s leaky pipes
Canadian pipeline company Enbridge is losing business as oil companies increasingly ship their product by rail instead of pipeline.
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U.S. military gets serious about microgrids … which is more exciting than it sounds
The military is working to make its bases energy self-sufficient through the deployment of "microgrids." What it learns will be useful to civilians as well.
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Nearly half of new U.S. power capacity in 2012 was renewable — mostly wind
The threatened expiration of the wind tax credit meant that the end of 2012 was huge for the wind industry.
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This snowboard is made out of plastic bottles and cashew nuts
Sounds weird, maybe, but such biocomposites could be the future of snowboarding -- and maybe the future of cars too.
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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey knows what’s best for you, and fighting climate change ain’t it
Mackey stirred up controversy by saying Obamacare is "fascist." His latest climate-denier comments got less attention.
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Green groups and ExxonMobil pony up for Obama’s second inauguration
The oil company announced a $250,000 commitment to the inaugural committee. The green groups announced parties.