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Oil companies would rather let trains explode than cooperate with feds
The petroleum industry said it would share data about oil-by-rail shipments with the government to help curb accidents and spills. Except not really.
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Can celebrities and prime-time TV make Americans care about climate change?
Harrison Ford, Don Cheadle, Jessica Alba, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and more team up for "Years of Living Dangerously." Producer Dan Abbasi talks Hollywood flair and global warming.
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These gorgeous sustainable travel mugs won’t leach harmful chemicals
These travel mugs made from olive wood and white oak are dishwasher safe, minimally porous, and free of the chemicals in plastic and metal cups.
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Can a Fair Price for Solar Energy Win Over Utilities?
In March 2014, Minnesota became the first state to adopt a “value of solar” policy to set a fair, transparent price on solar energy. It may serve as a national precedent and fundamentally change the financial relationship between electric utilities and their energy-producing customers. So what will value of solar mean for utility customers producing […]
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Forget cows — people are now going Smart car tipping
The prank seems merely silly on the surface, but it could actually point to underlying class-based tension in one of America’s most spendy cities.
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10 places to visit before they’re gone: A bucket list for a warming world
Making summer vacation plans? Here's your list of must-visit places that may not be places for much longer.
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The journal that gave in to climate deniers
Frontiers in Psychology pulled a peer-reviewed paper about climate deniers being more likely to believe in conspiracy theories.
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Watch commuters live your public transit nightmare as they avoid a rat in a subway car
You shouldn't let this keep you from using public transit, but we'd understand if you avoided open-toed shoes for a while.
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As if the ozone hole weren’t enough, now there’s a hole in the troposphere
This is like the planet having a hole in its undershirt. We need a sewing kit or a better planetary antiperspirant or both.
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EVs are getting fake engine sounds, because they’re so quiet it’s dangerous
Hybrids and EVs actually ARE more likely to hit cyclists and pedestrians because they're so quiet.
