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Fracking opponents win big in Pennsylvania
The state Supreme Court struck down parts of an industry-friendly law and ruled that local governments can regulate the fracking industry.
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Artificial sweeteners found in drinking water near Lake Erie
Diet drinks are turning rivers into something from Candyland.
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Check out the Onion’s groundbreaking coverage of snowmen protesting climate change
Can you picture a better climate activist than a melty snowman with his coal buttons arranged in a frowny pattern?
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Ask Umbra: Must an eco-minded wine connoisseur drink from a box?
A reader frets that box-liner bags leave his wine with the eau de Halifax Harbour, and possibly worse. Umbra helps him find just the right bouquet.
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Sudsed: The FDA steps down a long road toward banning antibacterial hand soap
Will this happen? We won't know for three years. Would it be a good thing? Yes.
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Right-wingers and dirty energy corporations secretly spending mega-millions on climate denial
Looks like the Koch brothers, ExxonMobil, et al. are now funneling their climate-denier funding through innocuous-sounding foundations.
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8 edible gifts you can make at home
Gift-giving isn't a competition -- but if it were, these homemade treats would blow all of the other gifts out of the water.
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California is giving Tesla another huge tax break. Good move
Luxury electric-car maker Tesla is getting a $34.7 billion tax break from California.
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Obama’s green record: Some small victories, one gaping flop
The president has followed through on some of his environmental promises. But as long as he's also letting the climate go to hell, those achievements won't matter.
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Chicago cracks down on piles of tar-sands waste
After months of citizens complaining about petcoke blowing into their neighborhoods, Mayor Rahm Emanual is forcing shipping terminals to clean up their acts.
