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First Solar Inc. is laying off 2,000 workers and closing its plant in Frankfurt, Germany, in response to waning demand for solar panels and increased competition from China. Full story


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Solar power begins to go mainstream
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The average age of visitors has skyrocketed over the past few decades, and some fear the future of these national treasures could be in jeopardy. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
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Obama’s green dreams
President Obama’s environmental initiatives are going to mean good things for a host of industries across the country. Here are six sectors likely to benefit from Obama’s scheme to go green.
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Carbon trade game
Learn how the "cap and trade" scheme works and play along in a simulated market.
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From undies to bikes: 2009’s top eco-products
Buy local, think healthy — it tastes sweeter
Do we really need so much stuff?
The new urban living: Bright lights, green city
Facial acupuncture: An alternative to Botox
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Battle of the Bags: Paper vs. Plastic
Msnbc.com takes you on interactive journey through the debate over the "greenest" way to cart away groceries.
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NBC News
Scenes from Greenland
‘NBC Nightly News’ reports from Ilulissat, Greenland, on the alarming melt of the Greenland ice sheet.
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  World’s endangered rivers
See the rivers deemed at risk by the WWF. According to the group the rivers are quickly dying as a result of climate change, pollution and dams.
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  Earth from space
Click through the highlights from more than four decades of images of our home planet, taken by astronauts in orbit.
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Vital Signs of a Warming World
The science, impacts and scenarios of climate shifts
Carbon trade game
Learn how the "cap and trade" scheme works and play along in a simulated market.
Farming of the future?
Though vertical farms likely would rise just two or three stories, some researchers imagine 30-story buildings.
The greenhouse effect
How the Earth maintains a temperature conducive to life
Cooling the planet
Check out five far-out ideas on how to engineer a cooler Earth.
Eyeing the ice
The National Science Foundation's Tom Wagner on why climate experts study Antarctica.
Capturing CO2
A look at carbon sequestration
Melting mountains
Data shows five areas of concern
How hybrids work
What makes hybrid cars so fuel-efficient?

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