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Economics

When Fire Strikes, Americans Grab the Family Album

Turns out we may not be the nation of hedonistic, greed-fueled Gordon Gekkos now being blamed, at least in part, for the collapse of the housing market, the dot.com crash and various other boom-and-bust bubbles.

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Environment

The Cleanest Power Plant Is the One Not Built

University centers harness brainpower and technology to stop wasting energy — conserve, baby, conserve!

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Economics

Opening Our Eyes to Different Kinds of Sight

A recent best-selling book has forged an unlikely link between a man born in England more than 200…

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Economics

Shell Defection Just a Squall for Renewables?

Less than 18 months after approval was granted for a $4 billion-plus wind farm 12 miles off the…

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Economics

Dog Bites Man: Was It Pedigree or Poverty?

Dog bite is a rare mishap for most people but your chances of being bitten start to go up if you live in a lower income neighborhood and own a pedigree pooch. If you also happen to be a boy under age 10 and it's the middle of summer ... watch out!

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Environment

Even With Climate Change, Nuclear a Hard Sell

As political debate heats up about a potentially greater role for nuclear energy in a world struggling to abate global warming, British researchers have been looking at what influences public opinion on this issue.

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Environment

Nuclear’s On the Road Again, But It’s Uphill

Climate change and fossil-fuel costs have re-energized the flickering nuclear movement in the United States, but many proponents are the fairest-weather of friends.

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Environment

Small Wind, Big Business

The 2007 Farm Bill suggests tax credits as one way to offset the cost — as great as the environmental benefits — of small wind projects.

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Environment

Going With the Wind

The United States remains on the low end of countries using energy powered by wind. Experts point to tax credits as a factor in efforts to establish wind as an energy source.

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