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Couch surfers unite! Big business stomps on the sharing economy
Last year, the rental car industry smacked down car-sharing companies in Washington. Now, it appears that the hotel biz may have it out for folks who rent out their spare bedrooms via Airbnb. It’s all fun and games until greedy corporations get involved.
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Four ways enviros can keep Walmart in the hot seat
The world's biggest retailer has gotten an undeserved free pass from many environmentalists. It's time to take a tougher line and set a higher standard, argues Stacy Mitchell in the conclusion to her series on Walmart's greenwashing.
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Why Apple should pour money into clean energy
Google's success at making real money on its green investments suggests to Marc Gunther of Greenbiz that every tech company with gigantic cash holdings -- i.e. Apple and Microsoft -- should be parking at least some of them in targeted clean energy investments.
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Newly discovered fungus eats plastic
A group of Yale students, poking around in the jungles of Ecuador, has unearthed a type of fungus that digests otherwise-unkillable plastics.
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Russians could not be more psyched about ice-free Arctic
The former empire is hoping to bring back its glory days by reviving a Soviet-era shipping route along its Arctic coast.
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What corporate logos does a 5-year-old know?
This video, in which a 5-year-old rattles off corporate logos while sounding exactly like Marcel the Shell, is simultaneously adorable and sobering.
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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.
