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You can make these cool (expensive) LED light bulbs change color using your phone
Amazing new light bulbs last 20 years, light a path for you as you walk around the house, and even flash to your favorite beats.
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Climate negotiators are betting on improbably deep emissions cuts
At the U.N. climate conference in Doha, negotiators are calling for drastic steps, trying to make up for the fact that we've done so little thus far.
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Shell VP: Yeah, we’re gonna spill some oil in the Arctic
Shell's Alaska vice president confirms spills will be part of its new, fraught drilling operations off the North Slope of Alaska. But it's not a big deal or anything.
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Another miner death at a mine linked to Massey Energy
The miner, a 27-year-old from West Virginia, died in a mine formerly owned by the safety-slacking, scandal-ridden Massey Energy Co.
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Duke Energy CEO will step down because of how he iced the previous guy
If you work in human resources at Duke Energy, we feel for you.
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New Jersey train derailment dumps chemicals into waterway
It's a timely reminder that there are many potential points of failure as we move toxic material around the country.
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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.
