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Native American group sues to block California's big solar projects
If 2010 was the year of big solar projects, 2011 is shaping up to be the year of big solar litigation. A Native American group has sued to block construction of six huge solar thermal power plants.
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IBM heads to Rio with its Smarter Cities program
IBM has partnered with Rio de Janeiro to create an operations center that will give the Brazilian city's emergency-management team access to a vast array of data.
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'Collaborative consumption' can put your underused stuff to work [VIDEO]
Rachel Botsman, coauthor of a book on collaborative consumption, details a 21st century economy rising up to take advantage of all our unused stuff.
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Energy efficiency: the unsung hero of our times
As our economy continues to sputter, one little-noticed industry has been booming for a while now: energy efficiency.
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Carbon accountants stand to profit from EPA plan to regulate emissions
For a host of startups that make software to manage corporate carbon emissions, the EPA action is a holiday gift that will keep on giving year-round.
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Why 'Made in America' is the gift that keeps on giving
We offer here our "holiday wish list" for American workers to preserve an innovation-led economy that makes stuff and creates good jobs here at home.
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Will we make the needed investment in the nation's cities?
The nation's metro areas could be centers of innovation, green jobs, and low-carbon technology. So why do we treat them like stepchildren?
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Blue-collar desert town goes green
Lancaster, Calif., has embarked on a program to solarize the community -- and that includes the home ballpark of the minor-league Lancaster JayHawks.
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Reducing (massive) fossil-fuel subsidies as key as carbon price in the climate fight
In a low-key way, the last few days at the Cancun climate talks accomplished more than I have seen at a climate meeting for some time.
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Helpful raw-milk-drinking mom threatened with prosecution
For the last seven years, Rae Lynn Sandvig, a mother of four, has been helping a local dairy farmer distribute unpasteurized milk to 35 or 40 friends and neighbors in the Minneapolis suburbs. Then she got busted by the food police.
