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DURBAN, South Africa--The roughly 3,000 fossil fuel–fired power plants in North America--Canada, Mexico and the U.S.--emit 6 percent of global greenhouse gases , or nearly as much as all of the European Union. In fact, coal-fired power plants around the globe are the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. [More]

What if you took a product, service, or company that only existed in an alternate reality--and then made it real? Thats the gist of reverse product placement.

Part of the reason we go on vacation is to feel refreshed when we get back, right? That's why the laptop and iPhone come with me

The East Coast of the United States isn't the first place that comes to mind as being at risk of tsunamis , but new sonar maps are now helping to show that these risks do exist. For about the past five years, researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, along with other governmental and academic partners, have been gauging the potential for tsunamis generated by landslides in submarine canyons in the mid-Atlantic to strike the U.S.

Each candidate has his or her own strategy; some work, others fail. Here's what you can learn from the social media accounts of the 2012 presidential candidates.

ClearGears, a performance-review startup, has chlorinated beginnings... It began, as so many great ideas for startups must, with being thrown in a swimming pool. Arshad Chowdhury, the founder of ClearGears , which powers real-time performance reviews for business, explains.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. This colorful Doodle is Google's tribute to late Disney artist Mary Blair

Sit in on any meeting at Reckitt Benckiser in Slough, west of London, and you’ll get some valuable insights on the changing global workplace and the art of finding a job. This rapidly growing consumer products company prides itself on attracting top executives whose instincts are honed for mobility, global adaptation and data-driven rationality.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Apple Posts Quarterly Revenue of $28.27 Billion . Riding record Mac and iPad sales, Apple reported $6.62 billion of net quarterly profit, up from $4.31 billion the same quarter last year.

The wind tosses Gaby Nava's hair as the small fishing boat skims across the glassy water just off the port of Veracruz, Mexico. She smiles at the shallow bay and the Gulf of Mexico sprawling across the horizon. "We are very lucky today.

* Hurricane causes deathS and major flooding * Mexico's chief cargo port closed by storm [More]

* Hurricane Jova crosses Mexico's Pacific coast * Expected to dump flooding rains as it moves inland [More]

Hurricane Jova is heading toward the western coast of Mexico, prompting a slew of watches and warnings, as well as the alteration of one cruise ship's itinerary.

The little boats are used for ocean monitoring, but could be used for much more soon, thanks to the company's new hire, former astronaut and Googler Ed Lu.

This morning, power was restored to almost 4 million residents in Arizona, Southern California, and northern Mexico after a major blackout swept through the area yesterday afternoon.