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Pee power: Charge your phone with urine

Gross or practical? Soon you may be able to charge your phone by plugging it into the urinal.



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Girls' night in for Valentine's Day

Single? Welcome love into your life, and celebrate — don't shun — the holiday.



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Soar above London along the world's fastest urban zip line

You can fly! New thrill attraction at London's Archbishop's Park caters to urban adventurers with Peter Pan aspirations.




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How I accidentally made a viral video on a frozen lake in Maine — and had a blast doing it

The story of how a day spent on a frozen Maine lake skating turned into a mildly viral video.



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New online tool helps you not 'get fracked'

The NRDC unveils a new online tool for Americans who face pollution from hydraulic fracturing, aka 'fracking.'




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Lubanzi, a wine label with a social conscience

Some of the proceeds from Lubanzi wines, which are imported South Africa, goes to help the vineyard workers and their families.



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Brewery's edible 6-pack rings protect marine animals

Why didn't someone think of this before?




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93% of bottled water tested in this study contained microplastics

New study finds microplastics in the most popular brands of bottled water, but experts are unclear on the risks.




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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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Advise the Advisors: Small business edition

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



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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.



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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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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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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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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



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Mesmerizing short film 'Wrapped' imagines NYC overtaken by plants

Botanophobics may want to avert their eyes.



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Watching nature documentaries boosts happiness, says study

Anxiety and fear give way to joy and awe when we tune into scenes of the natural world, finds a study commissioned by BBC, makers of "Planet Earth II."



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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An office with a view: Kicking back on a wind turbine hundreds of feet in the air

Redditor Demo_of_demo shared this beautiful photo taken from high atop his wind-turbine "office."




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9 ingenious wind turbine designs

To harness the power of the wind, some creative minds have looked beyond the traditional turbine. You may never look at a kite in the same way again.




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How wind turbines kill birds

Wind energy may be cost efficient, but it's costing us over half a million birds each year.




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These clever wind turbines store energy for when the wind's not blowing

This isn't your father's turbine. It can create more electricity at lower wind speeds and does a better job of predicting the supply of wind energy.




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Major bird charity plans wind turbine at HQ

Wind power critics argue that turbines kill birds. So why is the U.K.'s largest bird charity planning a turbine?




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A new generation of wind turbines takes to the sea

Offshore wind has great potential, but the marine environment presents challenges. A new kind of turbine aims to overcome those obstacles.




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When business unplugs from the grid, can utilities survive?

From Ikea to Walmart, corporations are increasingly interested in generating their own power. Where does that leave utilities?




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Waves crash against massive wind turbines

Waves crash against wind turbines perched on a jetty in Boulogne-sur-mer, France.




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Riding for renewables: Why I'm pedaling 120 miles on an electric bike to deliver a petition to Maine's governor

I’m making this trek to ask Maine Gov. Paul LePage to lead, follow, or get out of the way of clean energy development.




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'Green Santa' delivers wind turbines to children

In a rare interview, Santa reveals why he is sick of so much "stuff". He's donning a green suit and delivering clean energy as a gift instead.




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Judd Hirsch: Neighborly fuss over wind turbine is 'baloney'

Residents in the New York town of Denning rally against 'Taxi' actor Judd Hirsch's proposed wind turbine project.




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A blimp with a mission: Helium-filled wind turbine to take float in Alaska [Video]

Fairbanks will be the demo deployment site for BAT (Buoyant Altitude Turbine), an inflatable wind turbine floating 1,000 feet above the earth.




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How snow can help build better wind turbines

The way snow dances around wind turbines is shedding light on the mysteries of how air turbulence behaves.




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Blown away: Wind turbines generate enough energy to power every home in Scotland

With new data published by the WWF, Scotland once again proves itself as the renewable energy-generating powerhouse of the United Kingdom.




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Eiffel Tower outfitted with twin wind turbines

The turbines will help to keep the lights on and the cash registers ringing on the Paris landmark's newly revamped first floor.




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How to make stovetop grates shine like new

We test out an easy method of removing burnt-on gunk from stovetop grates using ammonia.




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Honeybees need our help as populations continue to decline

Consider helping our honeybees by planting native flowers.



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Best medicine for bees? Their own honey

Bees that ate the immune-boosting chemicals showed activation in genes known to help them fight parasites and break down pesticides.




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Urban pollinators fly high along Oslo's flower-lined bee highway

The apiarian artery is the buzziest infrastructure project in Scandinavia.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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21st miner: Chilean miner's mistress at surface; wife boycotts rescue

Video: Newscasters say relationship may be old news, but it does add a new twist to a day of reunions.



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Toast the safe rescue of the Chilean miners with sustainable wine from Chile

After two days of being glued to the news watching the miners emerge, it’s time to celebrate.




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The Chilean miners rescue game

Now you can help the rescue the Chilean miners in this mind-numbingly boring video game.



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Chilean miner completes NYC marathon

There were plenty of heroes among the 43,000 people who ran the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, but rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena was the favorite of



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Redford: Utah approves unneeded coal mine near Bryce Canyon

Robert Redford shares why he has joined the fight against the coal mine.



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Report slams safety at deadly Massey mine

A scathing report on the April 2010 mine disaster that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia is set to be released.



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Gold mine vs. old mine in Transylvania

Romania's president wants to mine for gold in Transylvania — even if it means destroying a 2,000-year-old Roman mine and historic site in the process.



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Disgraced former Republican Sen. Larry Craig takes new job lobbying against mine safety

You might remember the former U.S. senator from Idaho as the anti-gay politician who was arrested for lewd conduct in an airport bathroom. He's back in Washingt




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Space miners pitch concepts to empty chairs in lieu of Obama, Romney

No U.S. president has waxed as poetically about mining the moon the way John F. Kennedy did about landing on it.




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Mysterious patterns across Chinese deserts explained

Chessboard-like grid patterns that cover sand dunes in China are explained as attempts at mining nickel in the deserts.



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Greek gold mine could bring economic boom or environmental destruction

A new mine could provide 1,500 jobs, but protestors say the environmental cost is too high.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Earth-buzzing asteroid worth $195 billion, space miners say

The 150-foot-wide asteroid 2012 DA14 may harbor $65 billion of recoverable water and $130 billion in metals.




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Antonio Banderas to star as Chilean miner, 'Super Mario'

Chilean mine accident survivor, Mario Sepulveda, is said to be thrilled with the casting decision.



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In Appalachia, even miners want to leave coal behind

Coal mines are destroying the life that its miners have come to know through pollution and job loss.