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Energy vampires: Is it worth it to unplug your electronics?

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(Photo: Getty Images)

It's common knowledge that appliances continue to draw a
small amount of power when they're switched off but still plugged in.

Toyota sued in California over Prius brakes

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Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp faced its first U.S. class-action lawsuit stemming from complaints of faulty braking of its top-selling Prius hybrid model, which the automaker is to recall.

ACLU accuses Calif. instructor of religion lessons

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AP - An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been improperly presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday.

RETECH 2010: Challenges and Opportunities in Renewable Energy

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Image credit: Lollie-Pop/Flickr

With Tesla officially filing their IPO papers, it seems like renewable energy is entering a new era of marketability. Such small successes, however, may not be representative of trends.

Federal climate change agency being formed

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A new federal agency charged with reporting on climate change is being formed.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will set up the Climate Service using members of the National Weather Service and other NOAA offices.

Does Audi's 'Green Police' Superbowl Ad Reveal a Shifting Paradigm? (Video)

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Photo via World Sports Tribune

Much has been made of this year's generally crappy Super Bowl ads. But in the green community, one ad has been showing up repeatedly on just about every enviro blog out there: the Audi "Green Police" ad.

Today on Planet 100: Kamikaze Iguanas (Video)

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Report: Exxon Still Orchestrating Campaign to "Undermine Public Acceptance of Global Warming"

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I have a challenge for you: try to come up with a company that better exemplifies the archetype of the nefarious, greed-driven, monolithic corporation than Exxon. Besides Haliburton.

Ponoko Ships Ideas Instead of Objects Across the Atlantic

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Ponoko CEO David Ten Have by Williams + Hirakawa, via Inc

We have written so much about downloadable designs, about shipping ideas all over the world instead of stuff.