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Electric DeLorean could get you back to a slightly less grim future
When we think about how we’re going to save the environment from the ravages of fossil fuels, our first thought is not generally “with gull-wing doors.” Well, luckily not everyone thinks inside the box, and this is why Stephen Wynne, the British mechanic who bought the entire DeLorean inventory, is going to revive the DeLorean […]
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Enbridge CEO tries to defend tar-sands pipeline, says ridiculous nonsense
Enbridge chief Patrick Daniel went on the radio to try to convince people to like his company's plan for a pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia, and ended up just eating his feet.
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Meet Harold Hamm, the billionaire oil tycoon who’s advising Mitt Romney on energy
A profile of Hamm in the Washington Post seems bound to get people to like him. They shouldn't.
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Smile! You’re on constant camera: What does the end of privacy mean for green causes?
Is privacy passe? And what does a surveillance society mean for green causes?
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The Gates Foundation just bought 50 gallons of fake poo
Bill Gates is into scat. His foundation is hard at work on a new space-age toilet, and to test the prototypes, it just bought 50 gallons of soybean-based fake feces from a soybean-based fake feces company. That’s some of it up above, sitting a lot closer to a dude’s hand than I’d want it to […]
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Panama Canal to add a lane, massively reduce fuel used for shipping
A century after it opened, the Panama Canal is poised to remake cargo transport once again.
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The federal government wants to pay for your electric bicycle
Electric bikes and electric motorcycles are awesome. They help you go up hills. They help you reach your destination with a minimum of armpit sweat. And they do this while dumping less carbon into atmosphere than their gas-powered equivalents. (Yes, there is such thing as a gas-powered bicycle. Yah. It’s stupid. We know.) The only […]
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At Etsy, even the trash travels by bike
If this were a Portlandia sketch, you’d think it was too unrealistic.
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Colorado utility hits high of 57% wind power
Colorado's largest utility broke the national record for most power generated from wind on a day in April. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney still wants to screw the wind industry.
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Got $300? Buy a ride on a six-legged robot named Stompy
Stop fronting: You know perfectly well you want to ditch your car AND your bike and ride around town in a 10-foot, two-ton, six-legged robot. And if you donate to Project Hexapod, the creators of this behemoth (whose name is Stompy), you can get your wish. Just $300 gets you a ride around town in […]
