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One Per Cent: Green Machine: 'Breakthrough' fuel for Virgin flights

Virgin Atlantic's planes could soon be running on eco-friendly fuel made from industrial waste

Patrick McFadden: Manufacturing: Making Things in America for Global Trade

To think the U.S. steel industry, or Nucor in particular, simply blames China for its sagging fortunes greatly distorts reality.

How Green is Foam Packaging?

It may often seem that in a global environment where there is a lot of pressure to recycle and conserve energy that the goods we buy are coming more and more surrounded by what could be considered unnecessary packaging, from children’s toys to the food we buy, they are often surrounded by

China Charges 4 Rio Tinto Employees, but Backs Off - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com

China formally arrested an Australian citizen and three other employees of the British-Australian mining giant <strong>Rio Tinto</strong> on suspicions of commercial bribery and trade secrets infringement in a case that has rocked the global steel industry and created a diplomatic uproar.

Short Sharp Science: Coal state fires at the cap-and-trade bill. Literally

A new study shows West Virginia has plenty of geothermal energy to be tapped– but local Senate candidates stick with anti-green, pro-coal message

Jake Blumgart: Six Months After Upper Big Branch, Republicans Still Obstructing Progress

If the Republicans and their industry allies are successful in sinking the Byrd Act, another option for worker safety reform won't present itself again soon, or at least until the next mine explodes.

Bruce Nilles: Report: Coal Industry Harms TN and WV More Than It Helps

And so we learn that even beyond the human and environmental health damage the coal industry does, the economic damage is there as well.

Changing Inequalities in the Diamond Industry

What started as frontier prospecting in the 1870’s has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry helping to form the economic and political backbone of many South African communities. Diamonds, once so concentrated and monopolized, are now host to a much more diverse network of entrepreneurs

One Per Cent: Energy: October 2011 archive

Energy: October 2011 archive Green Machine: Electric cars to get universal charger 15:35 14 October 2011 Cars Energy Green Machine Jacob Aron, technology reporter chargingelectriccars.jpg (Image: Car Culture Collection/Getty) Worried about finding a compatible recharging point for your electric

Arianna Huffington: The West Virginia Mining Disaster and the Financial Crisis Have the Same Root

Officials say it's too soon to pinpoint the exact cause of the tragic explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia that took the lives of 29 miners, but we certainly know enough to identify the root cause. Let's connect the dots. It's the same cause that led to the implosion

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