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Every day, millions of Africans buy charcoal for cooking.
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Interactive Solar Art Lights Up New Sydney Space
The world’s largest permanent interactive light installation has been installed in Sydney's recently revitalized Darling Quarter.
- Meat Considered Macho? Study Discusses Meat's Marketing Magic
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Transportation
Goodbye Lexus HS 250h Hybrid, We Hardly Knew Ya
It seems like it was just yesterday that Lexus introduced the HS 250h hybrid, the first dedicated luxury hybrid (like the Prius, there's no non-hybrid version of the HS 250h).
- Ford Begins Taking Orders for 2013 C-Max Hybrid
- Prius C Earns 'Top Pick' Safety Rating from IIHS
- Tesla to Begin Repaying Department of Energy Loans by End of 2012
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- Nissan to Follow LEAF with 3 New Electric Cars Models
- Tesla Model S Electric Sedan has Greater Driving Range than Expected (320 Miles)
Technology
New App Brings Global Extreme Weather Events to Your iPad: Xweather
A dynamic app combining an Earth browser with multimedia resources brings near-realtime updates on Earth-changing events
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Science
Could "Gatorponics" Revive Defunct Chicken Farms?
Could a combination of alligator farming and hydroponics be the savior of former chicken farmers, or is it a dangerous and cruel distraction?
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Energy
Vermont Bans Fracking: We Can Live Without Oil & Natural Gas, But Cannot Without Clean Water
In signing the ban into law, Vermont's governor reminds us that there was civilization before fossil fuels, but there was no life at all before water.
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- Electricity Transmission Line for 7 GW of Offshore Wind Power Off Mid-Atlantic States Given Go Ahead
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- Charcoal Kills 2 Million People & Vast Swaths of Forest Every Year. Can Biofuel Stop the Carnage?
- Grid-Scale Metal Liquid Batteries Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy Use
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