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Clever 'chopped' cars promise cheap electric commuting

Technology

Clever 'chopped' cars promise cheap electric commuting

Fit existing cars with electric motors and software that understands commuters' driving patterns, and you could replace gas guzzlers for most journeys

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Earth

Pay us oil money, or the rainforest gets it

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How laundry could slash US carbon emissions

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How laundry could slash US carbon emissions

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Earth

Canada's tar sands may be just too dirty

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How to catch the Sahara's sun for Europe

How to catch the Sahara's sun for Europe

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Earth

Obama says US in global race to develop clean energy

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Stealthy wind turbines aim to disappear from radar screens

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Stealthy wind turbines aim to disappear from radar screens

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Earth

Adopt green tech by 2014 to avert climate calamity

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Solar superpower: Should Europe run on Sahara sun?

Earth

Solar superpower: Should Europe run on Sahara sun?

Features

Subterranean microbes revive tired old gas fields

Earth

Subterranean microbes revive tired old gas fields

Engineers are brimming with ideas of how to extract every last tonne of fossil fuel: one company is now showing that all it takes is common fertiliser

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Earth

How to turn pig poo into green power

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Earth

Building a second sun: Take $10 billion, add coconuts

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Earth

Green roofs save on carbon overheads

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Earth

Better world: Top tech for a cleaner planet

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