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Buy the Balls
Inauguration funded by industry; cynics jump to conclusions Yesterday we reported on an interview in which President Bush said that nuclear energy answers the “environmental issue” and the “dependency issue.” […]
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Non-Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones
EPA finds possible risks in Teflon, will study further The U.S. EPA yesterday released the preliminary results of its inquiry into the health effects of a chemical used in making […]
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How Green Is My Valley
Silicon Valley gets excited about clean-energy tech Rising oil prices and increasing competition from fast-developing countries like China have some energy entrepreneurs in California’s tech-savvy Silicon Valley increasingly excited about […]
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Baby, You Can Drive My Car — In 2010
Lots more hybrids and hydrogen cars in the pipeline We begin with a public service announcement: Quit driving so damn much. Ride your bike. Take a bus. Walk. OK, with […]
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Re-Bay
eBay joins tech companies to launch electronics recycling program Wondering what to do with that old Commodore 64 or Macintosh II gathering dust in your basement? According to an eBay […]
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Father of the Bribe
Monsanto agrees to pay $1.5 million in penalties for Indonesian bribes When agrochemical giant Monsanto’s bid to introduce genetically modified cotton to Indonesia was met with widespread protests from farmers […]
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The Next Asbestos Thing
Specter pushing asbestos-claims bill that would create trust fund Amid a continuing flood of lawsuits against the allegedly cancer-causing asbestos industry, the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Arlen […]
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Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out
ConocoPhillips withdraws from Arctic Refuge lobbying group ConocoPhillips, the third-largest energy company in the U.S., has withdrawn from Arctic Power, a lobbying group the sole purpose of which is to […]
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Harmer’s Market
Energy execs vacation with Bush admin officials — innocently, of course High-level Bush administration environmental officials and members of Congress are canoodling with energy execs at a posh resort in […]
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Traders to the Cause
E.U. launches mandatory carbon-trading market With the new year began a “new era for European business,” according to Peter Koster, head of the fledgling European Climate Exchange, the world’s first […]
