Climate Technology
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Coal keeps on selling, lawsuits and bad economics be damned
Watch Peabody Energy sell tons of coal even as you read about why it shouldn't sell any at all.
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Kyoto’s first phase expires as greenhouse gas emissions and dirty energy use spike
Ah, well. It was worth a shot.
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Shell squeezes one last Arctic screwup into 2012
Capping a year of mishaps in the Arctic, Shell beached one of its drilling rigs on an Alaskan island.
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Fiscal fiasco bright spot: 2013 will be a huge year for wind
The fiscal deal extends a key tax credit for the wind industry for one year, and changes it in a way that will prod a lot of development in 2013.
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Wind-energy tax credit would get extension under ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
It appears that a deal in the works to avert the fiscal cliff would extend a critical tax credit for the wind-power industry for one year.
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It’s a sports dome and a hurricane shelter all in one
Twenty-eight double-duty domes are going up along the Texas Gulf Coast thanks to funding from FEMA.
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Peer-to-peer sharing went big in 2012 — and so did opposition
Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and others are growing fast, to the horror of government regulators and established businesses.
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It’s high-speed rail vs. farmers in California
A planned bullet train linking California's major cities would cut through hundreds of the state's prized Central Valley farms.
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Rebecca Tarbotton, head of Rainforest Action Network, dies at 39
The green movement has lost one of its few female leaders. Tarbotton led major campaigns to fight climate change and corporate greed.
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New Agtivist: Rebecca Thistlethwaite knows how to spot farms with a future
After a year spent traveling the nation, this farmer and author of a new farming guidebook understands what it takes to beat the odds.