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  • Scientists hack photosynthesis for electricity

    Wed, May 15, 2013 1:42 PM by Russell McLendon

    A new study outlines how humans can harvest electricity directly from plants.

  • How wind turbines kill birds

    Wed, May 15, 2013 12:29 PM by Marc Lallanilla, LiveScience

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

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  • Solar design never looked so cool: 7 modern projects

    Solar design never looked so cool: 7 modern projects

    Thu, May 09, 2013 4:41 PM by Bryan Nelson

    These unusual buildings and designs bring solar energy into a whole new light.

  • Oil and fracking booms creating housing busts

    Thu, May 09, 2013 3:28 PM by John Platt

    As exploration increases, employees often find themselves without adequate or affordable housing.

  • Solar industry is evolving — and experiencing growing pains

    Wed, May 08, 2013 4:14 PM by John Platt

    A well-known Chinese solar power company has filed for bankruptcy, but this may actually be a sign of health for the industry.

  • Fracking is draining water resources, especially in the West

    Tue, May 07, 2013 4:41 PM by John Platt

    New reports say hydrofracking threatens groundwater resources.

  • Worker camps from natural gas boom cause headaches for local officials

    Tue, May 07, 2013 3:26 PM by Mountaineer News Service

    Wheeling, West Virginia has 14 campgrounds, and most of them house out-of-state men who work at fracking sites. Some of these labor camps were set up without permits, and others have been cited for improper sewage disposal and violence.

  • 7 fictional energy sources from pop culture

    Fri, May 03, 2013 6:05 PM by Matt Hickman

    Wouldn't it be great if your car was powered by dilithium crystals?

  • Shhh... Is the best way to fight climate change to stop talking about it?

    Fri, May 03, 2013 11:34 AM by John Platt

    A new study says the best messages (for some people) are energy efficiency and saving money.

  • Protestors dislike Mark Zuckerberg's support of Keystone XL pipeline

    Thu, May 02, 2013 10:13 AM by John Platt

    Ads supporting the pipeline are the work of 2 political offshoots of Zuckerberg's social welfare organization. Meanwhile, Facebook rejects an ad from protesters criticizing Zuckerberg's political leanings.

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

    Mon, Apr 29, 2013 4:38 PM by Shea Gunther

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

  • 9 ingenious wind turbine designs

    9 ingenious wind turbine designs

    Mon, Apr 29, 2013 3:29 PM by Bryan Nelson

    To harness the power of the wind, some creative minds have proven that the sky is the limit.

  • America now has more solar energy workers than coal miners

    Fri, Apr 26, 2013 2:09 PM by Michael Graham Richard

    As of 2012, the U.S. employs more than119,000 people in solar jobs, an increase of 13 percent over 2011.

  • EPA calls Keystone XL review 'insufficient'

    Wed, Apr 24, 2013 9:55 AM by Russell McLendon

    The EPA and State Department have now clashed over the proposed pipeline twice in two years, muddling recent indications that its approval might be imminent.

  • How biofuels could help power jet engines

    Tue, Apr 23, 2013 12:08 PM by Charles Q. Choi, TechNewsDaily

    Researchers have altered E. coli to make the fuel molecules normally found in diesel or jet fuel.

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