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Ted Cruz is right: Everyone is too fixated on Keystone XL
But that's the only thing he's right about. His new energy bill is full of terrible ideas that would endanger air and water and increase CO2 emissions.
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These workshops will teach you to salvage and build an upcycled tiny house
Yep, the goal is to build a tiny house in a week flat.
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Monster wind farm planned in South Dakota
More than 80 landowners are banding together and aiming big, working on a wind project that could produce up to a gigawatt of electricity.
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Confiscated Mafia property gets new life as organic farmland
Wine is not only labelled organic and Mafia-free, but it's named for slain mob victims.
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EPA is finally taking at least a small step to protect water supplies from fracking
The agency is now telling industry to be more careful when it pumps diesel underground as part of its cocktail of fracking fluids.
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Catastrophe in West Virginia: Delivering Water to Prenter Holler
(This is a guest post from Steve Norris) This is a tough story to write about: the horror of contaminated water, the images of the mining families’ peoples’ faces, the children, the confederate flags, the beautiful mountains, the extreme gratitude of folks we gave water to – these are all so fresh that I can’t […]
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Designer Vivienne Westwood thinks climate change is more important than the fashion industry
The legendary clothier says she's decided to stop her brand's expansion and that we've gotta halt climate change. Woot!
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Olympians to world: Please get serious about climate action, thanks
More than 100 Olympic athletes have signed a statement calling for a meaningful international climate treaty. Here's hoping world leaders are listening.
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How a pesticide company went after a frog-loving scientist
When Tyrone Hayes' research suggested that atrazine messed up amphibian reproductive organs, its manufacturer set out to "discredit" him.
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When it trains, it pours: The 10 worst oil-by-rail spills of the decade
We don't need no stinking pipeline to spill oil everywhere -- we have trains for that!
