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Environment
A Modest Proposal for a More Sustainable Super Bowl (Beer Still Included)
We are not going to give up the Super Bowl. But we can try to minimize its impact.
Environment
Why Historic Buildings Are Greener Than LEED-Certified New Ones
For buildings of comparable size and use, old buildings are almost always the greenest buildings.
Environment
A Green Idea Business and Government Agree On: Energy Efficiency
President Obama is announcing that $4 billion will go over the next two years into making government and commercial buildings more energy efficient.
Environment
What Keystone XL Protesters Should Fight For Now
Fighting Keystone XL wasn't just about stopping dirty oil.
Environment
How Will We Fund the Clean Tech Revolution?
There are great clean tech ideas out there. They just need money to go forward.
Environment
Reinventing Fire: How to Get America Off Oil and Coal by 2050
The Rocky Mountain Institute's new book shows how existing technologies and ideas could get America off fossil fuels by 2050.
Environment
How to Sell an Electric Car: Act Like It’s No Big Deal to Own One
In Chevy’s world, Volt owners are not preening super-greenies, and they don’t push their values on others. They just want to save money on gas.
Business
Green Energy, Texas Style: Three Steps Toward Markets for Clean Power
If the market for clean power gets a firm footing, the green guys will be able to afford lobbyists, too.
Environment
Massachusetts Shows the Way to Saving on Electricity Costs
Greater energy efficiency means more money to spend on health care, education, and basics like groceries. And Massachusetts is leading the way.
Environment
Green Roofs Aren't Perfect—Yet
Green or white roofs are preferable to tar roofs, but the idea needs some refining before it goes mainstream.
Environment
Utilities Can't Convince Us to Save Energy—Can Facebook?
A new Facebook app will allow users to monitor, share, and compare information about their energy use.
Environment
How Manure-to-Energy Projects Make the Best Out of a Stinky Situation
Waste-to-energy projects make the best of the world we have. Manure becomes electricity. Steel gas becomes jet fuel. Garbage power people's homes.
Environment
Virgin Atlantic Wants to Fly Around the World on Second-Hand Carbon
Virgin Atlantic announced that its planes will soon be able to fly from London to China on fuel that carries half the carbon burden.
Environment
How to Cut Buildings' Energy Use Without Expensive Renovations
Significant reductions in energy use might not require physical retrofitting.
Environment
Car Sharing Goes Electric
Car-sharing services around the world are starting to embrace electric vehicles.
Environment
New Software Could Help Engineers Create Greener Products
For companies like Walmart, going green means making products that use fewer resources. Software companies are helping them get there.
Environment
For Energy Department, More Green Cars, Less Next-Next-Generation Technology
The Department of Energy did a little soul-searching and found it was focusing too much on futuristic ideas.
Environment
The Next Generation of Solar Home Designers
Nineteen teams from around the world are competing to show that they've built an innovative, appealing, and livable solar home.
