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This app may help you save gas by driving more efficiently
Most people know that it’s possible to save tons of gas and money by driving more efficiently, and most people completely ignore this and just tear-ass around at whatever speed won’t get them maximally arrested. But EcoSpeed, an app forthcoming on iPhone, Android, and so forth, translates energy-saving theory into action you can take in […]
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Renewables nearly competitive with fossil fuels, even without subsidies
In 2010, investors and governments poured $187 billion into renewables and just $157 billion into natural gas, oil and coal.
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Renegade apps show how iPhones are awful for people, planet
Here are a bunch of (simulated) apps that, judging by Apple's recent treatment of similarly socially conscious fare, will never, ever make it onto an actual iPhone.
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Sporty little MIT ‘city car’ is cute as an animal-themed butt plug
MIT’s 1,609-pound, all-electric wheeled pod thingy is actually going to be produced and sold, so we thought it could use a marketing campaign. Also, the whole web is kind of having a holiday right now, and we wanted to throw our party hats in the ring.
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How two guys turned recycled coffee grounds into a gourmet mushroom empire
Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez were recent grads who were supposed to go into investment banking, but they became obsessed with the idea that mushrooms could be grown in old coffee grounds.
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Chinese firms selling solar panels for less than cost
Here comes that trade war over solar panels we’ve been hearing about — the one that will have unfortunate consequences for the domestic rollout of solar power. A forthcoming study by the federal government could finally set this snowball in motion. The study reveals that Chinese solar panel makers are selling their wares at a […]
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Giant companies get real about climate adaptation
Who’s got billions of dollars and isn't going to wait for the GOP to arrive in the 21st century before they drop a significant portion of it on preparing for our climate-changed future? These guys.
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Wind turbines don’t harm health, says study
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental protection has released a 164-page report finding no ill effects.
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Army’s newest drone will be ‘green’
The Army is increasingly aware that the only way for its war machine to keep turning is for it to eliminate the long, vulnerable supply chain currently required to get energy to its soldiers. That’s one reason why it just awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build a flying drone, light enough to be carried […]
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Tea Party mayor gets spanked for rejecting public transit
Last fall, the mayor of a leafy Detroit suburb led the fight against that darkest of evils: trains! But when the local business community lashed back, the Tea Partiers beat a hasty retreat, raising more questions about their ability to lead.