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Notorious agribiz giant Monsanto hired notorious ‘security’ firm Blackwater
Monsanto hired one of Blackwater's shell companies to monitor activist websites, and the Blackwater offshoot offered to infiltrate activist groups.
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Chinese solar firm lands big airport deal
Denver International Airport's 4.4-megawatt array will be Colorado's largest commercial solar project. But what's most notable is its Chinese builder.
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Feds target energy efficiency scofflaws
The Department of Energy is enforcing its own energy efficiency and water standards for products from light bulbs to shower heads, siting 27 companies
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Death by McDonald's [VIDEO]
A group of U.S. doctors has a morbid new ad aimed at taking a bite out of Americans' fatal attraction to fast food. Watch the short ad.
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'High-fructose corn syrup'? Never heard of it
Consumers turning against your product? Change its name on ingredient lists! Buh-bye, much-maligned HFCS, and hello, sweetly natural "corn sugar."
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'Habitual violator' Jack DeCoster may secretly be largest U.S. chick magnate
By the standards of the U.S. egg industry, Jack DeCoster looks at first glance like a relatively small player. But when you unravel his companies' tangled ownership chain, the infamous factory-farmer emerges as the rooster of the hen yard.
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The dog ate my sustainability report
On my first day in the classroom teaching high school math many years ago, I looked around at the dazed faces in my 7:00 AM class, and I had an epiphany: if I try to teach these guys math straight up, they won’t learn a single thing. But if I make the class into a […]
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Nissan’s smug (?), cute (?), ironic (?) polar bear Leaf ad
A Nissan ad shows a polar bear lumbering down from the Arctic to embrace a commuter in a hug -- a thank-you for driving the fully electric Leaf sedan.
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Report: China overtakes U.S. as best country for green investors
A new Ernst & Young study confirms that China has now surpassed the U.S. as the most attractive place for green tech investment.
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A shopping center tries to repel teens with the buzz of a powerful Mosquito
D.C.'s Gallery Place has gotten so fed up with teens lounging near the property that they've imported a device called the Mosquito to drive them off.