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The week in GIFs: Robots, chainsaws, and freak gasoline accidents
It's a messy, crazy world.
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This company’s gas plants just keep on exploding
A huge blast rocked a Williams gas processing plant in Wyoming last week. Same thing happened at another Williams plant a month earlier. Last year saw explosions, too.
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Canada orders dangerous oil cars off its railways
And they could end up over the border, carrying explosive crude all around the U.S.
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Chemical banned in Europe is probably on your apple
The European Commission is concerned that the pesticide diphenylamine could be linked to cancer, but the U.S. EPA says there's nothing to worry about.
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Hey, list-makers: Most millennials don’t want to live in sprawling, car-dependent cities
Are lots of young people really clamoring to move to Orlando, Houston, and Dallas for the quality of life? Try again.
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How a cop’s blows turned Richmond’s Andres Soto into a climate activist
In Richmond, Calif., Chevron always pulled the strings -- till a group of progressives started fighting back. Here's how all that started.
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Walmart’s latest organic scheme is just part of its plot to take over our food system
The retail giant already controls more than 25 percent of the U.S. grocery market, and with its new organic label, it's aiming to control even more.
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Is there a sustainable future for America’s most popular seafood?
The shrimp farming industry gets a bad rap, but it might be greener than you think -- and we eat enough of the stuff that it's worth getting right.
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Diversity? Inclusion? Let’s talk about racism first
Getting kids of color into the outdoors alone can't remake our environmental institutions. We need to understand that the lack of diversity is a symptom of deeper problems.
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Enviros urge U.S. to stop meddling in Indian solar affairs
American green groups are asking the Obama administration to back away from a WTO complaint against India's solar policies, warning it could hurt the climate.
