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Making car-sharing a carbon-sharing service
The internet has brought us peer-to-peer music sharing and peer-to-peer lending. Now get ready for peer-to-peer car sharing.
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Kristianstad + Cancun = A New Economy
Nearly 200 nations made modest advances in Cancun, Mexico last week towards a new agreement on tackling carbon pollution and modernizing global economies. The incremental progress obscures a bigger question – – can any set of goals, policies, or technologies wean the world off of fossil fuels before the cheap ones run out or before […]
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Helping Chinese consumers buy sustainable cars
A new website, GreenCarChina.org, rates cars on efficiency and sustainability -- info that's never before been readily available in China.
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Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists’ red flags
An internal EPA memo leaked Wednesday shows that the agency has been ignoring warnings from its own scientists about the possible pollinator-killing side effects of clothianidin, a Bayer pesticide the EPA approved for widespread use on corn and other crops.
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Sex: the next ethical industry?
Few sectors rival the global economic importance of sex, but so far sustainability professionals have left it completely untouched.
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Fossil energy knows it's a full contact game — does cleantech?
Cleantech investors, executives, and leaders have a lot at stake, and they should pay attention to dirty energy's increasingly aggressive attacks.
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Solar developers race clock as sun sets on lucrative incentives
Time is running out for solar developers seeking federal cash grants for major projects.
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The FDA's crackdown on small cheesemakers fails to turn up many bugs
While the FDA has forced the shutdown of small cheese makers Estrella and Morningland, most of its pathogen hunts have come up empty-handed.
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Fantastic solar plastic breakthrough
One of the holy grails of solar power -- ultrathin, efficient solar panels that can be attached to just about anything -- may finally be ready for prime time.
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Indonesia’s billion-dollar climate experiment
Can rich nations pay Indonesia, a corruption-riddled government, to protect its rainforests?
