This week: Are oil rigs a threatened species? Also, rain falls on the electric-car parade, and Google makes a curious investment. [...]
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A roundup of the week’s news in sustainability and clean tech. [...] Top News: This week, President Obama startled both his allies and critics with a plan to permit drilling for oil off the Southern Atlantic states and in the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile the Secret Service, in a stroke of karmic justice, denied the president’s request for a hybrid limo. [...] CO2 is removed in the plant's two tall silvery columns (top). Today, as part of the Society of Environmental Journalists annual meeting, I hopped a bus and toured three of Wisconsin’s leading renewable-energy projects. Heartened as I was to see innovation in action, I could also tell we’re still in Mile One of [...] |
 David Ferris is a journalist who writes about eco-business and eco-technology for publications like Popular Mechanics, Sierra magazine and Forbes. Learn more. |
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