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Extremely bad news, everyone: McDonald’s sales are down for the first time in years
We'll get through this together, if we all promise to eat crap for a while.
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Wind turbines: Wrong for Sandy, wrong for Colbert
A conservative columnist argues that oil was the cure for Sandy. Oil does not, however, cure stupid.
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This company cleans up nuclear waste by turning it into glass
Among all of the terrible ways to get rid of nuclear waste, there's one that stands above the rest for being a little less horrible: turning the radioactive parts into glass, a process called “vitrification.”
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ExxonMobil contributes to Hurricane Sandy
$1 million dollars. What'd you think we meant?
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Solar: The best of times, the worst of times
The U.S. solar industry is growing by leaps and bounds, but trade skirmishes with China are clouding the horizon.
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Pennsylvania agency didn’t mention water pollution near fracking site because no one asked
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection found copper, zinc, nickel, and titanium near a fracking site, but failed to tell anyone.
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Wind energy: Getting cheaper, still about to tank
The cost of running wind farms has fallen to a new low, but the industry in the U.S. is still in trouble because of an expiring tax credit.
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Exporting to China may not save the U.S. coal industry after all
American coal companies are banking on exports to China, but China's appetite for coal may not be as endless as they think.
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Blinded by science: The allure of the technological fix after Hurricane Sandy
Structural protection and technological solutions alone can't keep us safe from climate-related disasters -- and assuming as much can end up causing even more damage.
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Tar-sands oil is looking riskier, thanks in part to Keystone protests
An inability to move tar-sands oil out of Alberta, Canada, is giving the industry headaches. Booming U.S. oil production isn't helping.