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To ease global warming, the whitest of paints

Scientists at Purdue have created a white paint that, when applied, can reduce the surface temperature on a roof and cool the building beneath it.
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Thomas L. Friedman: We are opening the lids on two giant Pandora’s boxes

Social media illustrated some of the perils of unchecked technology.
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Danish wind pioneer keeps battling climate change

Henrik Stiesdal helped design the first modern wind turbines. A thousand patents later, he’s a green tech entrepreneur rolling out new innovations.
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Robinson Meyer: Can trade wars help save the climate?

Competition, not cooperation, has driven the bulk of climate progress over the past few years.
Jeremy Pare: Can the EPA strategically buy its way to waste reduction and increased recycling?

Jeremy Pare: Can the EPA strategically buy its way to waste reduction and increased recycling?

The United States' new national recycling strategy is the latest attempt by the country and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce plastic waste. The questions is: Can anyone describe the new strategy?

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Pittsburgh selects sustainable startups among a new crop of innovative businesses

One startup helps companies provide “green” benefits for their employees, another provides mobile air pollution sensors and a third targets food waste.

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Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility

What to know about DOE’s fusion milestone

Experiments at a U.S. government lab may have provided "proof that the physics work." But future fusion reactors might turn to a different technology for replicating the energy that powers the sun.
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