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The Amish: Makers of jam, fine cabinetry, and polluted rivers
Their small, pastoral farms belie an outsized impact on streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay. Now the feds are cracking down.
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Hey! Did somebody frack my favorite beer?
A reader worries about fracking water tainting beer. Umbra hops to it.
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Chevron spent $72 per voter to defeat these green candidates — and failed
A refinery town's activist and green governing coalition prevails in the face of an oil company's millions.
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Green groups spent millions on the midterms. What did it get them?
That money — it looks like there was at least $85 million — bought a lot of ads. But on Election Day, it's not clear that it paid off.
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Get ready for another extremely cold winter starting NOW
We'd joke that winter is coming, but our tongues are stuck to a light pole.
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The country is going to hell, but at least your bus may come on time
The results of the election got you down? Good news! It wasn't a total train wreck.
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Holy sh*t, a town in Texas just banned fracking
Eight fracking bans went to voters during these elections. Half of them won, including one in the Lone Star State.
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Watch Stephen Colbert make fun of major networks’ election coverage
Stephen Colbert leaves numbers to the nerds and summons a demon to cover election results.
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Why Jon Stewart is excited about Mitch McConnell’s win
With renewable energy facing grim prospects in a GOP-controlled Congress, The Daily Show's hot silver fox has one weird trick to make it alright.
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Clean energy may be dead in D.C., but here’s how you can lead the charge
OpenIDEO wants your ideas for a renewable-energy-filled future.
