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Americans on pace to spend a record amount of money on gas this year
And to generate a hell of a lot of CO2 while we're at it.
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Senate rejects Inhofe’s anti-biofuels amendment because it’s dumb
Climate denier James Inhofe wanted to bar the U.S. military from using biofuels unless they're cheaper than oil. His Senate colleagues slapped him down.
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No Keystone XL? Big Oil will just take the train
Thanks to anti-pipeline activism and a North American oil boom, more crude is being transported by rail.
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As another coal mine closes, the government says to expect more closures in the future
And even pie-in-the-sky ideas like carbon capture won't turn the trend around.
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Potential secretary of state candidate Susan Rice faces questions over TransCanada investments
OnEarth magazine uncovered large financial ties between Rice and businesses with a stake in Keystone XL. Does it matter?
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Solar panels are getting cheaper — time to make the rest of solar power cheap, too
Solar PV prices continue to decline, but pushing solar power forward in coming years must involve driving down non-panel costs -- installation, maintenance, financing, etc. We need market innovation.
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Fracking may release less methane than thought
Researchers at MIT say fracking doesn't result in much more methane emission than standard natural-gas drilling. If accurate, it's potentially good news for the climate.
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Hooray: Obama administration sells more drilling plots in the Gulf
Congratulations to all involved.
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Massey coal exec pleads guilty to conspiracy related to fatal 2010 mine explosion
It looks like investigators' next target might be former Massey CEO Don Blankenship, a notoriously bad dude.
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Cambridge scholars will study how robots are going to kill us all
Professional smart people who get paid to think about the future are exploring what they see as the rather plausible idea that robots will wipe us out.