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How Apple Maps could save the planet
When it comes to energy efficiency, Apple Maps blows Google Maps out of the water.
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After 2011 spill, Chevron pays fine of one drop from its bucket
The spill near Rio dumped over 150,000 gallons of crude oil.
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Look at this f*cking hipster Starbucks
This Starbucks doesn't want to be like other Starbuckses. It's different. It's cool. It dresses better. It listens to better music. And it's totally into locally sourced materials.
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Who killed one of Virginia’s dirtiest power plants?
The war on coal! Meaning, the pollution-hating free market.
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IKEA plans to sell only LED light bulbs
Because IKEA is so fricking ubiquitous, this is actually a big deal.
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Picking winners and losers: Coal boondoggle could cost Indianans $1.1 billion
A coal-gasification plant deal orchestrated by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) could cost state ratepayers a lot more than expected.
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Chinese economic slowdown means less demand for American coal
China's economy is slowing down, and so is its steel industry, and so is the steel industry's demand for high-grade coal from Appalachia. That means plunging prices.
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BP fined after it fails surprise spill-containment inspections
I'm sure you're stunned.
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Georgia Power makes a big bet on solar
There's good reason to do so: Georgia has experienced a number of problems with hot weather leading to decreased fossil energy output.
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Internet genius wants you to ride around in a series of 900-mph tubes
PayPal founder Elon Musk is getting sick of waiting around for someone to build a bullet train. So he’s come up with an idea he calls the Hyperloop, a sort of mega-fast Futurama people-tube situation that would get passengers from L.A. to San Francisco in 30 minutes. The Hyperloop would move people at speeds up to […]
