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This bicycle barometer makes deciding how to get to work super easy
Turn it on, and it indicates which mode of transportation—subway or bike—is likely the best choice
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Hagel suggests vague support for continued military use of biofuels
We read the tea leaves, since odds are that Hagel won't be asked about biofuels during his confirmation hearings.
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Shell made a ‘disappointing’ $62 million in profit each day over the last three months
One reason that number was so very, very low was disappointing sales of tar-sands oil.
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Guacamole Sunday: A better name for the Super Bowl, or a crappy marketing campaign?
Central and South American growers are capitalizing on Americans' appetites for out-of-season avocados.
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Sen. Reid proposes chopping $4 billion in oil subsidies to help the economy
With damage from spending cuts already being seen, an end to oil subsidies would be welcome but nowhere near enough.
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BP’s federal penalty for the Gulf spill is final: $4 billion
Here's a little context for the "largest criminal penalty" in history.
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Good news for peer-to-peer car-sharing
Lyft takes off in California, clearing a regulatory hurdle and expanding into L.A. Meanwhile, Getaround is getting bigger in Portland.
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U.S. lags woefully behind other rich countries on energy taxes
We'd rather spend $16 billion on a year's worth of crop insurance than 35 cents more for a gallon of gas. And don't even think about a carbon tax.
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Multinational oil companies, 2; sovereign nations, 0
Shell beats back a lawsuit over pollution in Nigeria, and Chevron scores a point in its fight to avoid paying for its mess in Ecuador.
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How coal is keeping its firm grip on miners and elected officials
A lawsuit against a whistleblower, huge contributions to Congress: The coal industry spends big, but it still won't spend to clean up its act.
