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The latest Nest has a new feature which can detect if someone is far away or if they’re close and adjust the UI accordingly. If you’re standing across the room from Nest, it can be set to display the temperature…

You can see clearly in this interactive graphic from the World Resources Institute how each country contributed to climate change in 2012 and find other ways to parse the climate issue.  learn more in fastcoexist What And Who Are Actually…

Achieving “zero waste” might seem impossible, but these cities have implemented plans that are getting them very close. Now it’s time for the rest of the world to follow along. learn more in fastcoexist  4 Cities That Are Getting Rid…

An innovative solar energy system from Austrianot only claims to produce 40% more output but it’s also decidedly more portable than a rooftop solar system and can be unbolted from its anchor and moved to a new home or location.…

In six years, Costa Rica plans to be carbon neutral. It’s getting closer to that goal: In March, the government announced that the country has been running on nothing but renewable electricity in 2015. learn more in fastcoexist Costa Rica…

Energy industry analysts say the only good explanation for the decline in solar stocks is that oil prices are way down, from $114 per barrel of Brent crude last June to about $45 per barrel today. If oil competed with…

Italy recently became the first country in Europe to legally require “advanced biofuels” in cars and trucks. The new fuels are made from agricultural waste such as straw rather than crops, and reduce the amount of land taken out of…

In the future, you’ll be able to charge your phone just by placing it in the sun, and you’ll generate electricity through your windows, not just from the panels on the roof. learn more in fastcoexist Transparent Solar Cells Could Turn Our…

Batteries made with chemicals that we mine from rhubarb plants, rather than expensive metals taken out of the earth. Magnets that clip onto electrical lines and reroute electrons. Solar panels that work efficiently even when they get hot or are…

El Hierro has tackled the inconsistencies associated with wind power with an ingenious closed-loop wind/hydroelectric system. Excess power from the five wind turbines will be used to pump water to a reservoir in the crater of a nonactive volcano learn…