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IEA: Pollution threatens 'golden age of gas'

Fracking for shale gas may be dangerous, but the international agency offers a list of rules it says can make the process 'environmentally acceptable.'




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Does 'fracking' need a new name?

Does 'fracking' need a new name? The slang for hydraulic fracturing sounds dirty and disconcerting — and now a study finds it even curbs support for the contr




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Fracking to blame for Ohio earthquakes

The Youngstown quakes were triggered by wastewater injection, scientists have discovered.



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EPA Chief Lisa Jackson hits The Daily Show

When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson appeared on The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart couldn’t resist asking.




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Video: Jon Stewart interviews EPA chief

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart interviews Lisa P. Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.



  • Climate & Weather

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Head of EPA talks climate change on 'The Daily Show'

Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, discusses climate change with Jon Stewart.



  • Climate & Weather

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'Time' names most influential in sustainable food

You won’t recognize all the names from Time’s list of people that most affect our world, but you’ll want to get to know them.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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EPA launches website on oil spill

The Deepwater Horizon is set to surpass the Exxon Valdez spill as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. The EPA, the Coast Guard and Dept. of Homeland Securit




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How clean is the air near your school?

Environmental Protection Agency releases air toxicity results from 65 schools in 22 states.




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Will a new U.S.-China pact change anything?

Lisa Jackson's first official visit to China results in the creation of a new committee, but will the committee be able to achieve anything?




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A fight with congressional Republicans may just be what Lisa Jackson wants

Republicans are licking their chops about questioning the EPA administrator, but recent history shows that may be exactly what she wants.




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Senate panel to examine the effects of chemicals on kids

Senate Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health will convene today to hear about the effects of everyday chemicals on the health of children.




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2011 Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood are just two of the great speakers scheduled for this year’s green jobs conference.




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Obama still has EPA's back

The EPA will continue to draw fire, but the veto weapon should protect the agency as long as Obama is in the White House.




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Republicans duke it out with Lisa Jackson and the EPA

The GOP is treating the EPA chief like a human punching bag — but she can strike back.




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2011 Good Jobs Green Jobs keynote

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson delivered the opening keynote at the 2011 Good Jobs Green jobs conference.




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EPA may target dust from farms

EPA head Lisa Jackson will decide if dust standards for U.S. farms and ranches should be left alone or tightened.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Thanks ARRA for 1 million green jobs

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is responsible for creating or saving one million green jobs.




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Advise the Advisors: Small business edition

White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Austan Goolsbee is seeking feedback from small business owners and entrepreneurs.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Watch: Obama and Goolsbee on small business

President Obama joined CEA Chairman Austan Goolsbee at the "Winning the Future" Forum on Small Business in Cleveland.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Wind energy

The premise seems simple: use wind energy to push a turbine and generate electricity with no greenhouse gases or associated pollution.




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Dry your clothes on the clothesline

Save money, cut carbon emissions, and extend the life of your clothing—all with a few bucks’ worth of rope.




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Germany: A cleantech case study for a post-Fukushima world

In the wake of the worst nuclear disaster in a generation, Germany doubled down on a decade of success, pledging to eliminate nukes by 2022 and switch almost ex




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Future360: Xtreme Power

Video: Future360 travels to Austin, TX, to unearth a radical new energy storage technology. Xtreme Power's patented power cell promises to be a game changer in




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Clean energy may be hurt by debt deal

With budget cuts come consequences. It looks like the emerging clean energy industry could take a big hit.




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Solar provides ray of hope in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The universe's strongest source of energy may be the solution to one of Earth's oldest conflicts.




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Green book roundup: Sustainability and innovation in business and the economy

From sustainability as a means of innovation to envisioning a prosperous, peaceful future free of oil, coal and nuclear energy, these five books are taking care



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Watch: President Obama on ending oil subsidies

President Obama calls on Congress to end the oil industry subsidies.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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The symbolic power of bladeless wind turbines

Critics of renewable energy are obsessed with the costs and practicalities of cleantech right this instant. Visitors to Silicon Valley in the 1970s didn't see t




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The competitive advantage of green grids

As Greenpeace attacks Apple for the coal clouds firing its data centers, green grids from Iceland to Quebec are attracting some surprising new customers. All ki




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Sean Tufts: Ex-NFL linebacker now tackling wind energy projects

Site for wind farms is not exactly the type of field you picture a retired NFL linebacker scouting. But Sean Tufts is not your typical retired player. Nor is he



  • Arts & Culture

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Danielle Fong: Perfecting green energy storage

Danielle Fong was only 19 years old when she founded a technology company with the goal of perfecting green energy storage and utilization.



  • Arts & Culture

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How air conditioning can heat buildings

A new system created by a French energy firm heats about 6 million square feet of office space, creating no emissions in the process.




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Greening the fleet: Republicans criticize $26 a gallon biofuel being tested by the Navy

The USNS Henry J. Kaiser is carrying 900,000 gallons of biofuel blended with petroleum for evaluation and testing.




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How affordable is alternative energy?

Alternative energy sources that are cost-competitive with fossil fuels may be closer to fruition than previously thought. Recent studies from global leaders in




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Tiny factory could make solar panels anywhere

Two inventors have built a table-sized, automated factory that can quickly manufacture pocket-sized solar panels that last longer and are cheaper than current p



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Everything under the sun -- including electricity

Walmart leads the way in generating solar energy from its store rooftops, creating 65,000 kilowatts from the sun. Big-box retailers are often cast as the boogie



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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AT&T adding 9.6MW of fuel cell power

The telecommunications company will be Bloom Energy's largest non-utility customer.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Climate change will increase wind and waves in Australia

The Southern Hemisphere will experience more devastating wind and waves as the world warms, according to new research.



  • Climate & Weather

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6 green energy summer internships

Are you looking for a green energy internship for summer 2013? If so, let me help you with your search.




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How to go solar the right way

If you're thinking about replacing utilities with solar panels, you'll need to research and take some considerations into account first.




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Solar cell coating could dramatically boost energy harvest

A special coating could dramatically improve the percentage of energy that can be harvested from solar cells by splitting photons in two.




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The saddest little video of smokestacks collapsing that you'll ever see

Your heart may break as you watch anthropomorphic cooling towers and smokestacks tumble to the ground.




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7 fictional energy sources from pop culture

What if dilithium crystals were an alternative energy solution? Here are 7 fictional energy sources.




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Clean energy options for houses

If solar panels are out of your realm of possibility, you still have alternatives to coal and other fossil fuels.




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5 gadgets to create or conserve energy [Infographic]

These high-tech devices work in decidedly unexpected ways, often converting human energy into electricity.




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New process uses sunlight to split water

The heat from the sun heats up metal oxides that in turn release oxygen atoms that mingle with steam. Hydrogen molecules can then be captured and stored.




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How does an atom smasher work?

Particle accelerators do more than collide subatomic particles and atoms together — they provide clues about the universe.



  • Research & Innovations

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In post-Fukushima Japan, homeowners gung-ho over green energy [Video]

Japanese homeowners are investing in solar panels in an act that the WSJ describes as a 'post-tsunami revolt against conventional electric utilities.'




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GoSun: It's the hot new device in solar cookers

GoSun Stove offers a new approach to solar-powered cooking with a heated tube used to prepare food.