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Health This New Method of Farming Could Change Where Our Food Comes From Caleb Harper, founder of the CITYFarm Research Project, and his team at MIT’s Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass. appear to have found a way to grow food four times faster than it does in nature,

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Politics Midterm Elections See a Surge in Ads About Energy and Environment These issues don't usually rule the national polls of top midterm election priorities, but there are several competitive races with energy at the forefront. The Cook Political Report expects political ads about these topics will likely reach their highest number ever this election cycle

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NRA Convenes For Annual Meeting In Indianapolis

Politics Jindal Touts Himself As the Republican Ideas Candidate, Outlines Energy Plan Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal makes no bones about setting his sights on the Oval Office, casting himself as the GOP’s ideas man in a field driven by personalities. Outlining his second major

Solar energy in Germany

Tech Could This Be Solar Energy's Big Moment?While the U.S. only accounts for 5% of the world's solar production, some investors hope to help Americans seize on an increasingly booming industry

The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA)

U.S.Why Hawaii Wants Liquefied Natural Gas From the Mainland The Hawaiian archipelago is among the most isolated places on earth—it’s farther away from a major landmass than any other island chain on the planet. Lacking substantial indigenous

Rail Delays

Politics Amid Federal Safety Push, North Dakota Considers New Energy Regulations The federal government is weighing new rules to bolster the safety of trains transporting flammable material, but the safety push could run into trouble in North Dakota, at the heart of the oil boom and the source of much of the crude sliding along the nation's rails

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Business Cheap Gas Puts the Squeeze on Hybrids and EVs

Plants in Aeroponics farm

Health This New Method of Farming Could Change Where Our Food Comes From Caleb Harper, founder of the CITYFarm Research Project, and his team at MIT’s Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass. appear to have found a way to grow food four times faster than it does in nature,

Windmill

Politics Midterm Elections See a Surge in Ads About Energy and Environment These issues don't usually rule the national polls of top midterm election priorities, but there are several competitive races with energy at the forefront. The Cook Political Report expects political ads about these topics will likely reach their highest number ever this election cycle

TIME Magazine default image

Science The Case for Staying Connected

NRA Convenes For Annual Meeting In Indianapolis

Politics Jindal Touts Himself As the Republican Ideas Candidate, Outlines Energy Plan Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal makes no bones about setting his sights on the Oval Office, casting himself as the GOP’s ideas man in a field driven by personalities. Outlining his second major

Solar energy in Germany

Tech Could This Be Solar Energy's Big Moment?While the U.S. only accounts for 5% of the world's solar production, some investors hope to help Americans seize on an increasingly booming industry

The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA)

U.S.Why Hawaii Wants Liquefied Natural Gas From the Mainland The Hawaiian archipelago is among the most isolated places on earth—it’s farther away from a major landmass than any other island chain on the planet. Lacking substantial indigenous

Rail Delays

Politics Amid Federal Safety Push, North Dakota Considers New Energy Regulations The federal government is weighing new rules to bolster the safety of trains transporting flammable material, but the safety push could run into trouble in North Dakota, at the heart of the oil boom and the source of much of the crude sliding along the nation's rails

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