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Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today?
Southern Company CEO Thomas Fanning just wants to focus on cleaning up the mess he claims no responsibility for.
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New technology could make your cell phone battery last twice as long
a company called Eta Devices, which spun out of MIT, has figured out how to make your phone's power amplifier much more efficient.
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![People shout slogans as they march during a protest against plans to expand a petrochemical plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province October 28, 2012.]()
![People shout slogans as they march during a protest against plans to expand a petrochemical plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province October 28, 2012.]()
Chinese protesters kill plans for chemical plant expansion
Activists in Ningbo, China, hit the streets and succeeded in scuttling plans to expand a plant that produces the chemical paraxylene, or PX.
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The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway
This is the Netherlands, which means it’s only a matter of time before they put this technology to work in bike lanes, too.
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Murray Energy employees write a clearly voluntary defense of their boss
Turns out that Robert Murray is basically the greatest American ever, so shut up.
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Here are all of the ways that coal is bad for your health
It turns out -- and this will shock you -- that living near a coal mine or coal plant is unhealthy.
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Oil companies offer helpful tips on how their employees should vote
It's the latest in the classic tradition of subtle hints from the guys who sign the paychecks.
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Despite GOP jeers, BrightSource succeeds in solar
Republicans want you to think Obama's clean-energy initiatives have been a failure, but they're wrong. Here's just one example of their success: innovative solar company BrightSource Energy.
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The government finally figures out how much rooftop solar there is
In short: About four coal plants' worth.
