Climate Technology
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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.
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Energy conservation gets gamified
Businesses are using gamification to goad us into buying more junk. But some people are trying to harness online games for good causes.
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Your 2012 climate change scorecard
In the battle between polluting and not polluting quite so much, how did the world fare in 2012?
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This device tells your phone how gross the air is to breathe
It tells your phone how crappy the air is. And then your phone tells you the bad news.
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The apocalypse is here: FDA clears way for fast-growing GM monster salmon
AquAdvantage salmon eat five times the food and grow twice as fast as normal salmon. And now, thanks to the FDA, they're headed for your plate.
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New EPA rules on industrial boiler pollution could prevent 8,100 premature deaths a year
Environmental and health advocates, however, argue that the new rules don't go far enough.
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72 percent of bids at California’s carbon auction came from one company’s mistake
Edison International wasted $16 million on pollution credits it didn't want.
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Appeals court rejects industry attempt to kill EPA regulation of greenhouse gases
This is a win for the EPA and climate action. But the fight's not over yet -- the case could get kicked up to the Supreme Court.
