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Taking on the global energy investment challenge
A report released today provides a progress report on commitments to clean energy development in China, India, Nigeria, and South Africa.
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Shutdown of two small cheesemakers raises more doubts about food-safety legislation
The FDA has a long history of going after small food producers for seemingly minor problems, and leaving the big ones to do their thing -- no matter how serious their transgressions. Perhaps that's why worries about the food-safety legislation are expanding.
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Energy lessons from Manhattan to Marrakech
At the World Economic Forum in Marrakech last week, I expected to hear the sustainability challenges of the Middle East and North Africa described in some detail -- from education to health care, from women in the workplace to replacing oil. I was not disappointed, but what I did not expect to hear in that setting was a lesson on energy economics from Manhattan.
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Nutritionist Marion Nestle fingers the missing calories in America's big binge
America, ever obsessed with diet and health, is stumped by the problem of obesity. Figuring out what to eat really isn't that hard, says author and food systems researcher Marion Nestle. If this basic human instinct seems more complicated than that, it's the effect of food marketing.
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Is Halliburton the real heavy in the Gulf oil explosion?
Dick Cheney's old outfit is back in the line of fire for mixing "unstable" cement.
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Chevron thinks we’re stupid [VIDEO]
Funny or Die shows us what Chevron is really trying to say.
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China takes the wind out of the U.S.
The inability of the U.S. to pass a climate change bill has made investing in wind projects a gamble. Meanwhile China has become the world wind leader.
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Opponents of California's AB 32 rail against a law that doesn’t exist
Supporters of Prop 23 in California are citing bogus research when they criticize California's climate law, AB 32.
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Tennessee governor's race: Haslam vs. McWherter
Republican Bill Haslam, likely winner of Tennessee's gubernatorial race, hails from the oil biz but has a track record of supporting clean energy.
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Electric cars expected to struggle for next decade
Electric cars are about to take the plunge into the market. But it doesn't look like they're going to make much of a splash for awhile. A long while.
