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BMW Doesn't Think Electric Vehicles Are Right For Most People
Sometimes it seems like a new flashy electric car is announced every week. But the CEO of BMW North America--which has at least two electric vehicles on
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Walmart Is Crushing Its Ambitious Global-Responsibility Goals
Walmart, that bastion of cheap food, clothing, and everything in between, has corporate-responsibility goals that put every other big box retailer to shame.
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The USPS's New "Go Green" Stamps Will Have You Seeing Red
The United States Postal Service wants you to "go green in 2011," so it's released--just in time for Earth Day, we imagine--a set of stamps with little tips on
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Will Electric Cars Be The Next Red/Blue Divide?
From our friends at Fast Company, "bridging the fuzzy border between design and business." Ford--which is about to release an all-electric version of the Focus--just put out the above map of the United States with the cities it feels are best suited to
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The Big Thirst: How Is Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant Making "Radioactive" Water?
From our friends at Fast Company, "bridging the fuzzy border between design and business." "The Big Thirst" author and Fast Company writer Charles Fishman explains. FACT: Nothing is thirstier than nuclear power plants. They use water deep inside the
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In the Future, Everything Will Be Made of Algae
Remember a few years ago when everyone decided that using algae as a biofuel feedstock would be the best thing ever? Well, progress on that front is moving so
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Cleaning Up Oil Spills With a Swarm of Autonomous Sailboats
Imagine if, after the next Deepwater-esque oil spill, we simply deployed a fleet of inflatable sailboats, equipped with oil-sucking booms, that would
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Wanted: A Planter for Growing Vertical Gardens Indoors
One of the crappy things about living in a small apartment is that you never have the room or the means to grow a garden -- unless, of course, you're willing to
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For America's Cities, the Future Can Be Found in the Past
From our friends at Fast Company, "bridging the fuzzy border between design and business." "The past is not dead. In fact it's not even past."--William Faulkner Imaginary Cities When looking at our cities, can you see the life that you imagined
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Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Reveals the Secret Dirtiness of the Solar Power Industry
Solar energy is sustainable, sure. But what about making a solar panel? It's an oft-overlooked aspect of an industry that is given a green halo because of what
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Bubble-Infused Plastic Could Help Make Ford's Cars 750 Pounds Lighter
Here's one thing that often gets lost in the shuffle when debating the sexier points of green transportation: the simplest
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Ex-Gehry Architects Devise Eco-Powered Vision for Inglewood, CA
From our friends at Fast Company, "bridging the fuzzy border between design and business." Inglewood, Inglewood: Finally up to some good? A couple of Gehry-office expats have concocted an ambitious master plan to turn a broad swath of this depressed
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Brilliantly Simple: A Chic Coat Rack That Hangs An Entire Wardrobe
A simple "X" made out of ash wood, it's got
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Infographic of the Day: Do Americans Pay Too Little for Gas?
Every year without fail, as the days get longer and warmer, gas prices begin to shoot up. Throw in intense turmoil in the Middle East,
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Infographic of the Day: What's Your "Water Footprint"?
By now, we're all familiar with the idea of a carbon footprint -- and the fact that Americans have the largest carbon footprints in the
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Living Room Furniture Set, Made of Bulletproof Fiber, Weighs Just 16.5 Pounds
If your living room went on a crash diet, it'd look 'round about like what you see here. The Light-room, by the staggeringly talented Dutch designer Studio Bram
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Make Your Own Furniture Out of a Giant Sticker!
The DIY project you see here, by Sweden's Pål Rodenius, follows a logic that has doubtless passed through the gray matter of anyone who's ever spent a Saturday
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Wanted: A Gorgeously Simple City Bike
I don't admit this too often, but my bike obsession is beyond embarrassing. To wit: In order to create my current ride, I spent about $1600 and a full year of
