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Ghana will soon be home to the largest solar farm in Africa
The 155-megawatt solar plant in western Ghana is expected to be the fourth-largest in the world when it's completed in 2015.
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Bumps on the road to EV infrastructure in California
If California builds it, will drivers go electric?
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Fossil fuels beat renewables in race for state and local incentives
The New York Times has pulled together data on state and city incentives for business, and we take a closer look at the energy subsidies.
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Justice Department ditches Monsanto investigation
After almost three years of digging into Monsanto's potentially anticompetitive practices, the feds aren't saying why they're walking away.
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Wanna know what’s in that fracking fluid? Tough
A Texas law requiring companies to disclose what's in fracking fluid has a loophole: If the info is a "trade secret," they don't have to tell.
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Renewable energy consumption is expected to keep rising in the U.S. — sort of
Renewables in the U.S. are expected to increase 4.2 percent this year, but that trend could get quashed if Congress doesn't renew a tax credit for wind power.
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AAA, EPA, GM trade barbs over ethanol
The American Automobile Association says the E15 ethanol fuel mix damage vehicles. The EPA responds with brightly colored stickers.
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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.
