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Senate Democrats plan to kneecap the GOP’s Keystone bill
The newly weakened Senate Democratic caucus is trying to muster all the opposition it can to the impending vote on the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Your commute says a lot about your salary
A new study finds that New York neighborhoods with lousy access to public transit are black holes for employment.
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Fracking is definitely causing earthquakes, another study confirms
This study examined 77 minor quakes near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.
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Brazil’s new science minister is a climate denier
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says she's serious about confronting climate change, but then why did she appoint denier Aldo Rebelo?
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Exclusive: Woods performs “It Ain’t Easy” — in the woods
Watch Brooklyn band Woods perform an exclusive, intimate rendition of their song "It Ain't Easy," at Pickathon 2014.
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Toyota is giving away its tech secrets for hydrogen-powered cars
You thought fuel cell vehicles were dead? So did we.
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Don’t panic! Fukushima radiation just hit the West Coast
It took more than two years, but the ocean-borne radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi plant is finally detectable on U.S. shores.
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Maybe your grandkids will live to ride California’s high-speed rail
The controversial, costly rail project is going to happen for sure. Politicians should stop trying to sabotage it and work on getting it right.
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Could the GOP-controlled Congress actually raise the gas tax?
A few Republicans and conservative groups are calling for a hike in the tax to pay for roads and other transportation infrastructure.
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This Republican believes in climate change. Too bad he’s a convicted felon who’s leaving Congress
Michael Grimm was one of a precious few Republican politicians who actually accepted the science of climate change.
