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Lines Drawn on Wind Tax Credit: Romney Opposes It, Obama Favors It

High-stakes decision in a state that has many wind energy jobs.

India Endures World’s Largest Blackout

Population affected by the outage is greater than the census of the United States, Mexico and Central America combined.

The Latest Venture Play: Composting

EcoScraps raises $1.5 million to turn tired veggies into dollars.

California’s Publicly Owned Utilities Have Plenty of Work to Do on Renewables

Clean energy is coming online fast, but not fast enough.

U.S. Navy Veterans Urge Congress to Fund 'Critical' Green Fleet

Hundreds of veterans say biofuels are critical to national security.

Can You Really Build a Sustainable Olympics?

London organizers lessen the impact like never before.

Opower Claims 5 Million More Homes

Utilities begin to think of home energy management as a must-have.

Greenland Glacier Loses Large Mass of Ice

A chunk of ice twice the size of Manhattan breaks off because of warmer oceans.

U.S. Drought Worsens Crop Damage, Raising World Food, Fuel Worry

Will the world's top producer of corn and soybeans fail to deliver?

The Ecology of Disease

Scientists find that our disruptions of nature can make us sick.

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