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California drought leads to a black market for water
California's worst-in-history drought is creating a whole new revenue stream for water poachers.
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We’ve never seen so many climate hawks happy at one time
Climate hawks are exhibiting rare displays of optimism on Twitter, thanks to the new U.S-China agreement. See them while they last!
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Bikes created 655,000 jobs in Europe
That's more than the entire European mining and quarrying industry -- not bad for a hippie hobby, right?
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No, Obama’s carbon limits won’t mean massive power outages
Our electric grid's overseer warns that the EPA’s Clean Power Plan threatens the reliability of our power systems, but climate change itself is a bigger danger to dependability.
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Getting stoned in Boulder will now come with a carbon fee
Boulder County, in the weed kingdom of Colorado, plans to start charging pot producers extra to offset their carbon costs.
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This Southside Chicago neighborhood is about to become a national park
The neighborhood is a far cry from Yellowstone or Yosemite, but it is significant for other reasons.
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The “sharing” economy cozies up to subprime auto loans
Bad car loans are nothing new, but they don't move us in any direction we should be wanting to go.
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With eyes in the sky, researchers try to link fracking and illness
Scientists and ordinary citizens use satellite and aerial photography to look for clues connecting Pennsylvania fracking sites and mysterious maladies.
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New U.S.-China climate deal is a game changer
President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have announced that they are pursuing ambitious new greenhouse gas emission reductions.
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Disruptive mayo is now a thing, and it’s spreading
A corporate giant sues a feisty startup over the right to call an egg-free product "mayo."
