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Community volunteers rebuild a mountain valley with solar panels and recovery services

What to do If the Unthinkable Happens

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Cooperation, not competition, is key to surviving an emergency.

So Far From Green, So Close to Brown: Why An Alternative Energy Future is Slow in Coming

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Quick! What type of world did you imagine when you were a kid? Did you foresee yourself darting about in a hovercraft much like the cartoon family in the Jetsons? Vacationing on the moon? A lean, mean greener world? How is it that we find ourselves these many years, decades even, down the road and …

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The Price of Cheap: The Hidden Cost of E-Commerce

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Oil companies say that demand will never be the same and that refinery cutbacks are necessary to boost sagging profits. Meanwhile, more cash-strapped shoppers are looking to save money and time shopping online. What do these seemingly separate trends have to do with one another? A lot more than you might think. Learn why e-commerce may contribute to increasing fuel prices, inflation and a retail landscape of tomorrow that hardly resembles anything we know today.