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Google exec explains Atlantic offshore wind investment [AUDIO]
Alison Stewart of PBS spoke with the dir. of green business operations for Google about Google's plan to invest $200M in a network for wind energy.
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Pooping out plastic not a painful process
Crap -- it's so versatile! It can heat your house, fertilize your garden, and power the grid. And now creative types have squeezed another use out of this universal human product -- turning it into a nontoxic plastic. We sh*t you not.
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U.S. solar boom requires policy and money (not sunshine), says report
Germany became the world's solar stronghold by rewarding homeowners, businesses, and farmers for generating their own electricity. The U.S. could grow at a similar clip -- with the right policy.
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Getting down to business on climate change
There is evidence the cutting edge of economic transformation will come not from Washington, but from the business sector.
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Art Pope's millions fund climate change denial
An investigation by Facing South finds that the Koch brothers, have a valuable ally in North Carolina: conservative benefactor Art Pope.
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Most products claiming to be green are living in sin
A new survey shows that greenwashing is as rampant as ever--more than 95 percent of the products analyzed weren't as green as they said they were.
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Space tourism may ignite the effects of global warming
If you "just want to get away" from Earth for a while by indulging your new hobby of space exploration, you may find the planet pretty steamed when you get back.
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Texas oil companies pump new round of cash into California climate fight
Tesoro and Valero, the Texas oil companies that are funding Prop 23, contributed another $1.5 million to the campaign to kill California's AB 32.
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Can Congress make a food-safety omelet without breaking the wrong eggs?
Congress first started debating a new food-safety law two years and several massive food recalls ago. Meanwhile, rumors are flying about how S. 510 will outlaw organic practices or backyard gardening. Here's what the current bill could actually do -- for the FDA, eaters, farmers, and industry.
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Our biofuel future: The bitter taste of land grabs and hunger
Stanford professor Roz Naylor lays out how a global ramp-up of ethanol and biodiesel production means land speculation and rising food prices for the world's poor. Can the world stomach such a fuel-ish transition?
