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As U.S. oil booms and refineries hum, why do we need a pipeline from Canada again?
Refineries are making money. Pipelines are being built. The U.S. oil industry is fiddling a fine tune as the climate burns.
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Guess where all of our new energy came from last month? (Hint: Not coal)
At this rate, we'll be renewable-only just a few short decades after we're all dead!
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Liquid metal battery inventor goes on Colbert, still manages to teach us some stuff
[protected-iframe id=”1dfecc6778c0925b1ef0f4f3c3eb5d3e-5104299-30166106″ info=”http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:420372″ width=”460″ height=”288″] Donald Sadoway, MIT materials science professor and inventor of a new liquid metal battery that could revolutionize energy storage, went on Stephen Colbert’s show last night. The segment wasn’t all that funny, per se, but it was surprisingly informative — Sadoway didn’t get rattled by Colbert’s “relentless ignoramus” routine, and […]
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Americans spend $4.2 billion a year on gluten-free products
And spend absolutely nothing on free products. (See what I did there?)
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By next year, you could go to work in a building powered by algae
It is literally a green building.
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California’s biggest climate hawk comes under fire
A tight state senate race in California between long-time climate champion Sen. Fran Pavley and Republican Todd Zink has major significance for clean energy far beyond that state's borders.
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Levi’s is making jeans out of plastic bottles
Levi's is making a new kind of jeans out of 20 percent recycled material. We hope they are as cool and comfortable as regular Levi's.
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Ikea aims to go way green by 2020
Ikea plans to get 100 percent of its power from clean sources by 2020, part of a new sustainability plan backed by a $2.4 billion investment.
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How U.S. cities rank for cleantech (congrats, San Jose!)
A new index ranks U.S. cities by leadership in cleantech -- and San Jose, Calif., leads the pack. The West Coast and Northeast dominate, but other regional clusters are coming on strong.
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Sen. Inhofe’s awesome pro-coal tour, coming to a Senate race near you
James Inhofe, the Senate's top climate denier, is stumping for GOP candidates who love coal. We assume he's travelling by coal train.