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Saudi Arabia turns to its other natural energy source: the sun
Plans to build a huge solar installation near Mecca could be the first step in a transition away from oil.
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This bike just might go 100 miles per hour
When he rides his new bike, Graeme Obree must look like a man who's been abducted by aliens and is struggling to get out of the weird, clear pod in which they've stored him.
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Chevron faces criminal investigation into attempts to hide pollution
The investigation focuses on the same refinery in Richmond, Calif., where last month's explosion occurred.
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Shell sues Greenpeace because it can’t sue its own incompetence
The oil company that has done basically everything short of sinking its own boats is now suing Greenpeace, blaming the group for obstructing Arctic drilling.
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Bike-powered e-waste recycler could keep your electronics from murdering the planet
It's basically a grinder, attached to a bike.
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Shell building world’s biggest ship that will sail on ever-higher seas
It will be a floating natural gas refinery, since we need more of those.
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Farmers begin ‘mass slaughter’ of animals as food prices spike
Over the short term, meat prices will drop as the supply spikes. But early next year, prices of staples and meat will rise.
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Meet the only person who made money off the drought
Renee Haugerud is a farmer's daughter, but she's also the founder of a fancy New York hedge fund. These two attributes have made her basically the only person in the country to have come out ahead from this summer's terrible drought.
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Junk-food manufacturers explore a new realm of advertising: Apps
The FTC's efforts to limit advertising to kids have hit a new stumbling block: iPhone games.
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These wind turbines were modeled after stegosauri
Generally, gigantic engineering companies don’t truck with whimsy. But Siemens, which makes many of the wind turbines popping up on horizons around the world, has created a suite of new products that makes turbines more powerful and is inspired by dinosaurs. It’s like something a 5-year-old thought up, but better.
