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Offshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace
By J. Matthew Roney Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012. Thus far, almost […]
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Paul Ryan ignores Paul Ryan and Ryan Inc. to push for green jobs
Ryan -- whose family business includes work building coal plants -- advocated for stimulus funding for Wisconsin energy-conservation groups.
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The hottest rain in world history falls on Needles, Calif.
At 115 degrees, the rain was so hot that most of it evaporated before it hit the ground.
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Greenland’s ice melt is its worst ever — and there’s still a month to go
Melting of the Greenland ice sheet broke the seasonal record on Aug. 8 -- and melting season isn't even over yet.
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Picking Ryan means picking a fight on transportation
Paul Ryan has tried to derail plans for high-speed train lines, and his budget proposal would take a hatchet to transportation and infrastructure spending.
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The baby beluga who inspired ‘Baby Beluga’ has died at the age of 46
Parents and nursery school teachers singing the beloved children’s song “Baby Beluga” by Raffi (a.k.a. Raffi Cavoukian) will have to wipe away a tear today after the final chorus: Kavna, the whale […]
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Watch a guy pull off a sting operation to smack down a bike thief
A Portland man who is not named Simon Jackson identified his stolen bike when the thief put it up for sale on Seattle Craigslist. So he wrote an email offering […]
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Should we talk about the weather? Discussing climate without killing the conversation
Warmer weather and severe storms are changing the game for one New England ski resort. The Slow Ride Stories crew hears how the business is adapting -- and how nearby residents are getting along in a hot and volatile new world.
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This is what North Dakota’s oil boom looks like
A tremendous spike in production is great news for the state in the short term. For the state. In the short term.
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This kangaroo escape caper is ‘Dr. Doolittle’ meets ‘The Italian Job’
If you were a kangaroo in a zoo in Germany, would you say to yourself, “OK, well, I guess I’m never going to see Australia again, but hey, at least […]
