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November 10, 2011 11:48 PM UTC --
Automakers look in a new direction for increased mileage: The good ole gas engine.
Kai Ryssdal: Final details on new fuel economy standards for cars and trucks are due out next week. I probably should . . .
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November 02, 2011 11:12 PM UTC --
After the Solyndra scandal, the energy R&D industry finds itself in a tough spot.
Jeremy Hobson: Well, now to the defunct solar panel maker Solyndra -- the one that got a half a billion dollar . . .
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October 31, 2011 10:48 PM UTC --
According to the United Nations, the global population hit seven billion today. That is a good thing for some countries, and not such a good thing for others.
Steve Chiotakis: Seven billion people: . . .
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October 27, 2011 10:00 PM UTC --
As companies grow, sustainable business models can come into tension with social and environmental goals.
Bob Moon: How do you define "sustainability"? It can have two very distinct meanings in business. . . .
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October 22, 2011 01:48 PM UTC --
The natural gas drilling technique has usher in a market revolution with controversial environmental consequences.
Bob Moon: From the Marketplace Desk of No Surprises, the Environmental Protection . . .
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October 20, 2011 01:24 PM UTC --
Water experts are saying that the wastewater industry is more important than ever.
Jeremy Hobson: Well today, about 20,000 water experts are wrapping up a big conference here in Southern California. . . .
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October 18, 2011 01:01 PM UTC --
There's a new must have for business travelers in the rental car market: electric vehicles.
Kai Ryssdal: Got a question for all you corporate road warriors out there: What's your rental car of choice? . . .
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October 14, 2011 12:12 PM UTC --
Then why's it so hard to be a renewable energy company?
Kai Ryssdal: The dirtiest word in clean energy right now is the [[link: http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/tech-report/2011/09/solyndra-loan-controversy-rumbles-along.html . . .
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October 13, 2011 12:00 PM UTC --
After the successes of the X Prize (just awarded -- oil spill clean up!), innovation awards proliferate.
Kai Ryssdal: The [[link: http://www.xprize.org/ type: ext text: X Prize Foundation]] is in the . . .
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October 06, 2011 11:12 AM UTC --
With "jobs" dominating all political calculations, environmental regulators struggle to add up.
Tess Vigeland: So here's a bit of recent history on the environment. The White House blocked new smog . . .
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September 29, 2011 10:12 AM UTC --
China is far outpacing the U.S. in solar panel manufacturing -- a fact American producers say is in part due to a violation of global trade rules.
Steve Chiotakis: Here at home, American solar panel . . .
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September 29, 2011 10:12 AM UTC --
The Internet company expands its investment in green energy, now with an eye on the residential power market.
Kai Ryssdal: Google is known for its searches, its email, its attempt at social networking. . . .
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September 28, 2011 10:00 AM UTC --
A new spending review points the way toward electric vehicle research and away from other clean tech.
Kai Ryssdal: The Department of Energy, should you be curious, gets $3 billion a year for research . . .
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September 27, 2011 09:48 AM UTC --
In the first year, 85 percent of pollution licenses will be given away free to airlines. In 2013, freebies will be slashed to 83 percent.
Tess Vigeland: Flying to Europe may get a little pricier, thanks . . .
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September 26, 2011 09:36 AM UTC --
Lancaster, Calif., is just one struggling city that's beginning to invest in the sun.
Adriene Hill: New reports suggest renewable energy isn't the job engine that some hoped. But many struggling towns . . .
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September 23, 2011 09:12 AM UTC --
But green investments may be harder to come by in the future.
Jeremy Hobson: Executives from Solyndra are planning to plead the Fifth when they testify before a House committee today. Lawmakers are . . .
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September 21, 2011 08:48 AM UTC --
An ultra-compact, ultra-efficient airport garden provides herbs and veggies to airport restaurants.
Jeremy Hobson: Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is expanding to accommodate the 64 million . . .
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September 19, 2011 08:36 AM UTC --
While it was in business, Solyndra entered into contracts to make and install solar panels. Who were the buyers and what is the future of those contracts, now that the company is in bankruptcy?
Steve . . .
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September 17, 2011 08:24 AM UTC --
Plastic harvested from the giant patch of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean will soon find its way into recycled products
KAI RYSSDAL: You have, perhaps, heard of the huge pile of trash floating . . .
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September 17, 2011 08:24 AM UTC --
While Solyndra gets investigated by the government, another solar company gets a big boost from a big retailer.
Jeremy Hobson: Now to the world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart. When the company does something . . .
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