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    Double Duty: The cowl within the Bundestag's glass dome provides both natural ventilation and lighting to the assembly hall below
    Double Duty: The cowl within the Bundestag’s glass dome provides both natural ventilation and lighting to the assembly hall below
    Smothered: A rising sun struggles to pierce the sooty air that hangs over Jinhua, a city of 1 million residents southwest of Shanghai
    Smothered: A rising sun struggles to pierce the sooty air that hangs over Jinhua, a city of 1 million residents southwest of Shanghai
    Color Clash: An inspirational message cuts jarringly across Doha's greying skyline
    Color Clash: An inspirational message cuts jarringly across Doha’s greying skyline
    Genghis is Gone: Sites in Inner Mongolia such as this mausoleum celebrate the region's nomadic warrior roots, but Chinese officials have forced Khan's descendents to settle down
    Genghis is Gone: Sites in Inner Mongolia such as this mausoleum celebrate the region’s nomadic warrior roots, but Chinese officials have forced Khan’s descendents to settle down
    Coal Chemist: Du Minghua (right) promoted technical improvements to reduce water consumption from coal-based chemicals and fuel production
    Coal Chemist: Du Minghua (right) promoted technical improvements to reduce water consumption from coal-based chemicals and fuel production
    SOLON Energy GmbH, Berlin
    SOLON Energy GmbH, Berlin
    Doha BG (Before the Gas): Remember the sleepy backwater that was once Qatar
    Doha BG (Before the Gas): Remember the sleepy backwater that was once Qatar
    La Paz
    La Paz
    Recycling Nut: Nils Noack led the renovation of Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt headquarters, refurbishing the twin 155-meter towers instead of tearing them down and earning the first LEED Platinum rating for a reno'd skyscraper
    Recycling Nut: Nils Noack led the renovation of Deutsche Bank’s Frankfurt headquarters, refurbishing the twin 155-meter towers instead of tearing them down and earning the first LEED Platinum rating for a reno’d skyscraper
    Arabian Sunset: Doha, Qatar
    Arabian Sunset: Doha, Qatar
    Landlocked: In 2008 massive German wind turbines designed for offshore use such as this 5-megawatt beast in Brunsbuttel were still being tested onshore, while other North Sea powers such as the UK and Denmark were already operating offshore wind farms
    Landlocked: In 2008 massive German wind turbines designed for offshore use such as this 5-megawatt beast in Brunsbuttel were still being tested onshore, while other North Sea powers such as the UK and Denmark were already operating offshore wind farms
    Libyan Leapfrog: Beefed-up transmission is part of the preparations to compete globally as Libya emerges from decades of isolation
    Libyan Leapfrog: Beefed-up transmission is part of the preparations to compete globally as Libya emerges from decades of isolation
    Hawking Mobility: Private minivans are La Paz's primary form of public transit
    Hawking Mobility: Private minivans are La Paz’s primary form of public transit
    CO2 to the Rescue: West Texas oilwells still produce crude 60-70 years after spudding thanks to enhanced oil recovery, whereby compressed CO2 injected into the reservoirs flush out their thickest cuts
    CO2 to the Rescue: West Texas oilwells still produce crude 60-70 years after spudding thanks to enhanced oil recovery, whereby compressed CO2 injected into the reservoirs flush out their thickest cuts
    Bone Dry: An unrequited rain monitor south of Lubbock, Texas, as the worst drought in a century tightened its grip
    Bone Dry: An unrequited rain monitor south of Lubbock, Texas, as the worst drought in a century tightened its grip
    Electrifying? At the 2012 Paris auto show Renault was selling its new Zoe electric hatchback which, at 20,700 euros, was going cheap for a battery-powered car
    Electrifying? At the 2012 Paris auto show Renault was selling its new Zoe electric hatchback which, at 20,700 euros, was going cheap for a battery-powered car
    Scuds to Kilovolts: This 300kv substation outside Tripoli, once the site of a Scud missile factory, will help link the North African and European power grids
    Scuds to Kilovolts: This 300kv substation outside Tripoli, once the site of a Scud missile factory, will help link the North African and European power grids
    Moving Coal: Delivering heating fuel in Erdos, Inner Mongolia
    Moving Coal: Delivering heating fuel in Erdos, Inner Mongolia
    Arising: Women scientists and engineers were eager to make their mark at the Qatar Foundation's annual research forum in 2011
    Arising: Women scientists and engineers were eager to make their mark at the Qatar Foundation’s annual research forum in 2011
    Foul Air: An aerial view of the open-pit tar/oil sands mines and upgrading plants outside Fort McMurray, Alberta
    Foul Air: An aerial view of the open-pit tar/oil sands mines and upgrading plants outside Fort McMurray, Alberta
    Power Hubs: Mercedes' 200,000-euro, 740-horsepower electric sportscar is a completely impractical car, but the motors in its wheel hubs might yet revolutionize automotive design
    Power Hubs: Mercedes’ 200,000-euro, 740-horsepower electric sportscar is a completely impractical car, but the motors in its wheel hubs might yet revolutionize automotive design
    Forbidden City: Beijing cyclist enjoys a moment away from the perpetual traffic and bottlenecks on the streets outside
    Forbidden City: Beijing cyclist enjoys a moment away from the perpetual traffic and bottlenecks on the streets outside
    Steel Pearl: Shell's Pearl gas-to-liquids synthetic fuels plant will more than replace the revenue lost to Japan's cultured pearl trade, whichs upended Qatar's 2000-year pearl hunting and export industry
    Steel Pearl: Shell’s Pearl gas-to-liquids synthetic fuels plant will more than replace the revenue lost to Japan’s cultured pearl trade, whichs upended Qatar’s 2000-year pearl hunting and export industry
    Hidden History: PG&E's Steve Austin keeps direct-current power flowing to San Francisco's legacy DC elevators via lines such as these under San Francisco's SOMA district
    Hidden History: PG&E’s Steve Austin keeps direct-current power flowing to San Francisco’s legacy DC elevators via lines such as these under San Francisco’s SOMA district
    Architectural Recorder: Capturing the restlessness of architect Peter Eisenman's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, completed in 2004 in Berlin
    Architectural Recorder: Capturing the restlessness of architect Peter Eisenman’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, completed in 2004 in Berlin
    Looming Less Large: The Cordillera Réal secures Bolivia's water supply, but its glaciers are melting fast
    Looming Less Large: The Cordillera Réal secures Bolivia’s water supply, but its glaciers are melting fast
    SOLON Energy GmgH, Berlin
    SOLON Energy GmgH, Berlin
    Erdos, Inner Mongolia, China
    Erdos, Inner Mongolia, China
    Sailing Towards Doha
    Sailing Towards Doha
    Freiburg Green: Light rail glides through the medieval heart of Germany's most eco-friendly city
    Freiburg Green: Light rail glides through the medieval heart of Germany’s most eco-friendly city
    Looming Less Large: The Cordillera Réal secures Bolivia's water supply, but its glaciers are melting fast
    Looming Less Large: The Cordillera Réal secures Bolivia’s water supply, but its glaciers are melting fast
    Steam Turbine Blades
    Steam Turbine Blades
    West Texas: Where there's no rain, the sun comes up an enemy
    West Texas: Where there’s no rain, the sun comes up an enemy
    Small Car Big City: Electric microcar in London
    Small Car Big City: Electric microcar in London
    Foul Funnel: A view skyward within the pollution-pumping flu stack of a coal-fired power plant in Wisconsin
    Foul Funnel: A view skyward within the pollution-pumping flu stack of a coal-fired power plant in Wisconsin
    Cost of Progress: Solar-powered LED lighting gives rural children can do more hours of homework!
    Cost of Progress: Solar-powered LED lighting gives rural children can do more hours of homework!
    Looking Down: An aerial view of the open-pit tar/oil sands mines and upgrading plants outside Fort McMurray, Alberta
    Looking Down: An aerial view of the open-pit tar/oil sands mines and upgrading plants outside Fort McMurray, Alberta
    Faith Alone? Moroccans deserve a free press
    Faith Alone? Moroccans deserve a free press
    Sour Gas: While asphixiation by CO2 is a theoretical risk of carbon sequestion, sulfurous emissions pose a known hazard to neighbors of many oil and gas wells
    Sour Gas: While asphixiation by CO2 is a theoretical risk of carbon sequestion, sulfurous emissions pose a known hazard to neighbors of many oil and gas wells
    SOLON Energy GmbH, Berlin
    SOLON Energy GmbH, Berlin
    Bad Blood: PG&E is public enemy #1 in the eyes of San Francisco progressives and alternative energy activists alike
    Bad Blood: PG&E is public enemy #1 in the eyes of San Francisco progressives and alternative energy activists alike

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